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[quote=Anonymous]Whether the current Fillmore feeder schools are overcrowded or not has nothing to do with the issue of continuing Fillmore.

History aside, we have to look at today's and tomorrow's student needs. Allowing Fillmore to operate as it is with DCPS funding means subsidizing supposedly superior arts education for particular schools based on history.

Fillmore is co-located at Hardy whose feeder schools are Eaton, Hyde-Addison, Key, Mann, and Stoddert. The principals of Hardy feeder schools need to figure out if Fillmore is viable within their per-pupil budgets. If not, the PTAs of the feeders need to supplement. Just like every other public and charter school in DC.

(Personally, as a tax payer and DCPS parent who is not at a Hardy feeder, I'm more than happy to fund school budgets that ensure all kids get equal access to great education near where they live.)

However, Ross and Reed should not need Fillmore at Hardy anymore. Reed will have plenty of arts space and Ross can easily access arts spaces and programs that would not need cross-town busing at Reed, Garrison, or SWWFS. Ross and Reed students deserve excellent arts-integration education like all kids. Their per-pupil funding for disruptive transportation shouldn't have to subsidize the kids at schools less than a mile away.

Whatever parents think of Fillmore is irrelevant. All students should get excellent education opportunities.[/quote]

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