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[quote=Anonymous]Nobody has addressed the issue that if Fillmore teaching is so great, why can't all DCPS elementary schools have access?

If the education is (as it should be) on a par with all of the other DCPS schools with arts education line items, then why should DCPS fund it for any more students than those within walking/1 mile proximity?  Key, Hyde-Addison, Stoddert principals -- go for it. Split the cost 3 ways and/or get outside funding. It doesn't even have to be Fillmore.

Ross, with it's tiny little school house maxed at 150 kids (less than half what DCPS considers financially viable) is a 10 minute walk to Reed roughly a mile from two other DCPS schools with full time arts educators and arts space. Why do these kids have to be the ones to trek across Wisconsin Ave? Don't they deserve Fillmore-quality arts education?

DCPS has had Fillmore on the chopping block for years because it no longer serves the students it did years ago. No educator in their right mind would set up such a system today. Luckily for Fillmore, they were the Ellington before the current Ellington and were able to co-habitate with Hardy MS to placate the locals.

There is no justification whatsoever that Fillmore should serve students beyond a mile from its location. If it's so much better, then it should serve everybody.
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