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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now that DC taxpayers have invested about $200 Million into Ellington, time to put it under DC control as a school for DC kids. And frankly, I think every spot should be filled with a DC kid. My sister auditioned for Ellington in the 80s (and got in). However, auditions are incredibly subjective and talent can be developed. I find it difficult to believe that [b]we don't have enough artistically inclined students in all of DC [/b]to fill Ellington's seats. [/quote]

For Museum Studies, Theatre Tech, Visual Arts, Vocal, etc., yes you can fill almost all the seats with DC kids.  They are looking for raw talent and drive (as it presents in an auditioning 8th grader-- the kids don't have to be crazy-committed 14 year olds).  But for the instrumental department in particular, you need certain instruments to round out the orchestra/ensembles.  Hardy used to be a great feeder but it's no longer an arts-centered school.  Jefferson Junior High (as it was known) also had a very good instrumental program, but not any more.  Most other DC middle schools don't have good instrumental programs.  I hope this is changing so that the middle schools develop excellent arts programs which then can feed Ellington and fill all of the seats.

In the meantime, [b]there's a process for out of state tuition-paying students run by OSSE,[/b] and which is capped for Ellington at 10% of its students. 
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Wow -- It appears that Ellington then is in violation of OSSE's policy on out of state tuition paying students, if there are more DC-resident students who want to enroll there than are spots made available to them.

OSSE's policy provides that out of state students "must pay tuition after meeting established criteria. I[b]n addition, in order to  be accepted/admitted  as a non-resident, schools should not have any residents on its waiting list."[/b][/quote]

Deal and SWW are also out of compliance. Both have tuition paying students and students on a waitlist. [/quote]

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