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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be inequitable to require schools without arts classrooms (that is, the Fillmore feeder schools) to use regular classrooms for art.  The Fillmore schools are the only ones throughout DCPS to not have such dedicated space and equipment.  Hence, the structural need for Fillmore Arts, as a matter of policy.
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In the last Fillmore crisis/fire drill DCPS played the equity card but in the other direction, saying that since not every school had a program like Fillmore, none should be allowed to have it.

The problem with this argument is that the logical conclusion is that, in every category,  no school can ever have anything that is better than the worst school in DCPS has.

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One idea would be to convert the "old Hardy school" on Foxhall to a space for K and 1st grade students.  Then the Fillmore feeder schools would automatically have rooms for arts classrooms, as well as address their overcrowding problem. [/quote]

I agree that old Hardy is the most likely solution for the long run. But there's another four years on the lease there. So for the 2018 version of the fire drill -- and the 2020 one as well -- it's not yet the answer. [/quote]

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