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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously though, how many non-DC kids attend Ellington? It completely baffles my brain that even one kid who doesn't reside in DC can attend DCPS's most selective school.
 
W.T.F.[/quote]

They pay tuition. My friend's kid did this from MD as she was a very talented performer. I think it's 10K a year.[/quote]

OK, but again - WHY? Maryland doesn't have good arts programs? I find that hard to believe. It's a DCPS school....why is anyone attending the most selective school in the District who doesn't live here? It's makes zero sense.[/quote]

Baltimore has an arts high school. MCPS and FCPS don't.

It's kinda like the OOB process. DC students have to be taken first - but if there is room in the drama program, for example,  they will take a student with the talent from another jurisdiction and OSSE collects tuition. You need decent grades but you also need a portfolio/talent/arts experience. The arts block isn't a joke.[/quote]

Is there reciprocation at MD and VA magnets?[/quote]

MCPS has a policy of allowing nonresidents to attend schools that have room and paying tuition. I don't know that they have ever had space in their magnets.

No clue re Virginia.[/quote]

In other words, no. A DC math genius with higher scores than anyone on the planet would not take a magnet spot over a MD or VA kid; whereas a more talented MD soprano would take a spot over a less talented DC taxpayer's kid (who pays way, way more than $11K/yr in taxes). Is that right?[/quote]

And even if that MD student is billed tuition, chances are his or her family is not paying and Ellington doesn't seem to care.  It's interesting that there seems to be 3 times as many kids from Prince George's at Ellington as there are from Ward 3.[/quote]

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