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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this a WOTP thing?[/quote]

Not exactly. Housed at Hardy middle school, Fillmore provides arts instruction to students from Key, River Terrace, Ross, Stoddert and West.

It requires bussing the kids to Hardy, and the schools that use it devote part of their school's budget to pay for it. http://fillmoreartscenter.org/about-2/

Fewer schools use it now than in the past. Marie Reed used to be a Fillmore school, but now that its renovation is complete they do arts instruction in-house.
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River Terrace and West are nowhere near Fillmore!  There has to be a better way.  The intra-day commute makes no sense.[/quote]

West parent here.  Fillmore comes to West once per week. It seems like a great arrangement.[/quote]

An even better arrangement would be to hire art teachers who work at West full time. [/quote]

We have a fantastic art teacher full time.  Fillmore brings in music. I don’t know the details, but it seems like it works better than a part time music teacher.  Why do you care how we do it?[/quote]

Because I'd like to see less bussing and Hardy used fully for middle schoolers.

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Then of course you must also be an advocate for resolving the Fillmore schools' absence of available classroom space...no?[/quote]

Fillmore needs to end. It has outlived its usefulness. The PP above has it right. Having it there allows DCPS to kick the can down the road forever.  [/quote]

When you say "X has outlived its usefulness," you need to follow it with, "better options now exist." That's the logical next step.

The reason that DCPS has failed to close Fillmore despite 40+ years of trying is that it has been unable to come up with better options, or even worse but still acceptable options. Last time around, it didn't come up with any options at all. (Unless you consider "deal with it" an option). [/quote]

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