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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love it.  It's racist to criticize a $200 MILLION dollar project that is over-budget by well over 100%.  Whooooookay![/quote]

No - but it is racist to confuse your apparent anger and disgust with the students (which is utterly irrational, and to this (white) guy, appears to be most easily explained by your anger that black and brown students would have the temerity to attend school in Georgetown) with your entirely rational anger and disgust at DCPS/DGS/Mayor/Council/contractors and others who are actually responsible for this $200 million boondoggle.[/quote]

No one is criticizing the students (although it is a legitimate question why the taxpayers of DC so overwhelmingly subsidize a school with so many non-DC residents).  No one is saying anything about students' color (except for noting that Ellington is remarkably non-diverse as compared to the DC population).  [b]It is perfectly legitimate to question why $200 million is being spent on a site in Georgetown that is not Metro-accessible, not very central to various parts of the District and not nearby to any professional arts venues. [/b] [i]It is eminently legitimate to ask why the Ellington board is unaccountable to those who pay over 80% of the school's operating budget and 100% of its capital budget and how the board and DC government officials let costs balloon as they have.[/i][/quote]

You are making my point.  The bolded questions are not the least bit relevant to the $100+ million budget overrun.   The italicized questions are relevant.     Try not to confuse your distaste for these students attending school in Georgetown with your valid disgust with the cost overruns.[/quote]

Huh? The fact that the school is in a high-cost location is very much relevant to the cost overruns.[/quote]

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