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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ellington has 2 parts to its overpriced building. The academic part is used for 1/2 the day, then the arts part for the other half. Right now it is academics in the first half, arts through the evening.

If the schedule were reversed to be arts first, then the academic building could be used by regular HS students for half the day, and Ellington students the othe half.

It is crazy that this expensive building lies unused for so much of the day. Lets put a small academic or other magnet there too to better serve DC students.[/quote]
FFS have you even set foot in Ellington? [/quote]

I have.  It’s a friggin’ $200 million+ Taj Mahal, paid for by DC taxpayers, to serve PG County kids.[/quote]

The cost of the building doesn’t matter here. Those are sunk costs. Let it go.

The school is not under capacity, unlike dozens of other DCPS schools. Co-locate an elementary or MS at Ballou, Cardozo or someplace that isn’t designed for and is a successful arts school.

I don’t think you see or appreciate the value of an arts-focused school, which serves mostly Black and Hispanic students. [/quote]

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