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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry people - Filmore does not make sense for the school system as a whole.
This is one area where I support DCPS. It is about basic equity.
We would all love to have our kids go to Filmore but most DCPS kids don't have this opportunity.
Art and music $$ need to be spread out equally. I don't believe for a minute that there is not one inch of spare space 
at these schools. Deal is at least 30% over capacity but somehow they find space for activities.
Everyone has to make concessions including the Filmore schools. If there really isn't space, walk kids to the closest school or to Hardy or Duke Ellington.
There are ways to figure this out rather than just stonewalling.
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New poster here, no dog in this, but PP has correctly stated the case that Fillmore supporters must meet. No-one is really questioning the quality of the program. It is the opposite, DCPS is saying, why do these (mostly wealthy) schools get to enjoy this unique, expensive arts offering? DCPS wants to cancel this and make sure every school has an art and a music teacher, no more no less, including the schools currently served by Fillmore. DCPS is saying that Fillmore is providing unjustifiably large benefits to some of the city's wealthiest schools. Fillmore supporters need to explain why that view is incorrect. 
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They could strengthen their case in any direction by identifying waste that could be eliminated.  Coolidge and Ellington come to mind.[/quote]

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