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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread seems like damage control to spin over the real story.  Non-paying, non-resident students were (are?) rampant at the school, and its front office records were so bad it took an OSSE investigation to figure out how bad it was.  And the initial local news report focuses on how the parents were offended by OSSE...just crazy, literally, imo.[/quote]

Ten. Repeat --10, confessed to being non-residents. Hardly rampant. The other 22 or so "uncontested" includes people who did not get or respond to outreach. Doesn't make them non-residents.

But again let's stop playing games with the band aids. Let's get to the real issues. None of this would be an issue if DCPS provided strong enough arts education in middle schools so that Ellington never even think about letting someone in from MD or Va, tuition or otherwise. Some departments, such as Dance, need let in MD or Va people because there are enough dance training programs in DC that offer solid training. But strings? No way. Serious visual art? No way. Better arts training throughout the system and Ellington could function like all others schools, which is to only let in DC people unless they cannot fill a slot. Barring that MD and VA need to subsidize Ellington until such time as they create their own arts high schools.[/quote]

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