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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh please. As a former Fillmore parent I'm not surprised this day has finally come for this mediocre, overpriced program. There are more financially responsible ways to deliver art and music to elementary schools. Your kid will be fine. You need to get a grip and start working with your ES to get art and music directly to your child's class. [/quote]

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Former Fillmore parent here as well. I never liked Fillmore. I am a former teacher and the thought of losing hours of possible instruction time having all those kids bused to Fillmore and back annoyed me and predisposed me to dislike the program. If it's not economically viable and not efficient for the school system then by all means they should have onsite arts instruction for the 5 local schools. If it's a superior model, let's have art centers across the city. But I doubt the economy of scale makes up for the cost and time loss of busing kids back and forth.

In general, I think kids have far too few minutes of arts instruction in public schools, DCPS or otherwise. So, I am supportive of maintaining or even increasing the amount and variety of arts instruction. I just don't happen to support the Fillmore model.

re: child crying, perhaps you could turn it into a bigger-picture lesson on advocacy. Honey, this is something we care a lot about, so let's work together on a letter to the editor, etc. etc. to express our opinions. If we can't change their minds, here are ways we can work with our principal to offer alternatives to Fillmore. Something along those lines. I definitely think acknowledging the loss for your child is crucial. I'd be thinking as a parent of ways to supplement if the Fillmore program were removed. I might brainstorm some of those ideas with my child. e.g. sometimes a public school system focuses on academic learning without realizing that the arts are not only supportive of academic success but have intrinsic value on their own. What are ways we can make sure you experience the arts outside of school? Lucky to live in a metropolitan area with lots of options to supplement.

Sorry your child is so upset -- and that you are too.[/quote]

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