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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And after you have observed kids enjoying a bus ride and helped keep them safe, go in and observe every class you can.  You would come out with a different view point. [/quote]

So what you're saying is that travelling on a bus with parent volunteers is more valuable than having arts educators on-site who can collaborate in person with PE and academic educators to create a holistic learning environment?

Fillmore was created because of the absence of arts education back in the bad old days during the drug wars when few IB people sent their kids to Deal voluntarily. DCPS did not have staffing models and budget allocations to ensure arts, PE, and library "specials" for all kids. There was no lottery or HRCS or triple digit waitlists. Few if any kids attended their IB school and sucking up to the Oyster-Adams principal could get a gringo into pre-K. (Or you could sleep out in front of the school like a new iPhone release.)

Fillmore briefly added an East campus (i.e. low income, non-white families) to the West campus (white parents from Wards 2 and 3). But Michelle Rhee, darling of the WotP set, put in place mandatory staffing of "specials" and providing high quality educators at schools across the city.

Highly-effective elementary arts instructors will tell you that dedicated classrooms and performing space are just icing on the cake. First, you need supportive administrators and patient parents.[/quote]

You're not saying anything on-point here, although history can be interesting.  So, DCPS decides to kill Fillmore, and replace it with what?  From your perspective - because I'd like to understand what you are getting at -- please assess the replacement "what" and let us know whether you think it would compare remotely to what Fillmore currently provides to students; heck, even whether it would compare similarly to what every other DCPS school currently has.[/quote]

DCPS is not replacing it. They are taking arts and music away from these schools.[/quote]

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