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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a lot of sympathy for the Filmore schools/argument about the arts when 50% of kids in DC actually attend charter schools where they do not have playgrounds, libraries, arts by right.

Nice to have? Absolutely? If you want equity, ensure that all DC school aged children have equal access to the kinds of spaces and benefits that the kids in the wealthier wards have access to thanks to their parents ability to either move to those schools or win the lottery OOB.

Charter schools have proven adept at facing these challenges- with success in doing a lot with nothing, and then a bit more.  I know IT and MV in particular make it work.

If other schools don't have PS3 or PK4, just eliminate those at the listed schools, and et voila, you have a room for art.[/quote]

Charter schools don't do it well across the board.  Some are atrocious in arts education, but parents look the other way.

It's not DCPS problem to fix it for the charter schools either.  It would be nice to see the two sectors cooperating on something like this to subcontract arts education from a central place, but the charter schools would have to organize and do that voluntarily.  Are they?[/quote]

Equal funding would be one way to start.  I know that the family association at ITS worked to raise funds for an arts teacher. They funded for two years, then the school built it into their budget moving forward. [/quote]

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