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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it possible Duke Ellington had to find more students while they were in swing space so that it would be a full student body when they finally occupied?

Another comment, this one tongue-in-cheek: Antwan Wilson gave the parents of non-resident cheaters the perfect talking point: "We didn't make any demands, we were offered the spot.  We didn't know we were doing anything wrong..."[/quote]

The point is why should we be trying to come up with theories to explain why so many out of state students are at Ellington?  Let them tell us. Let them share their application and audition data and the process, etc. We are the taxpayers who pay for this PUBLIC school. We must demand much more transparency.  And it is unconscionable to me to build a palace to arts education for high school while at the same time DCPS has been undervaluing in under cutting arts education at the elementary and middle school levels for decades. [/quote]

They do share all that. It's on their website under "audition process". And as other PP have noted, so many come from Md and Va primarily because Md and VA have middle school arts programs and the parents want their kids to continue with that training. DC needs to step up the middle school game seriously. MD and VA need arts high schools or they need to subsidize Ellington. But don't kid yourselves, not that many students even show up for auditions. Ellington loses a couple hundred just between applying and showing up. Part of that is the problem with the lottery system. Ellington is all audition based, but you still must choose it as #1 in the lottery if you are coming from a DC school. People can get in, choose it as #2 and still be sent to their neighborhood school if that school comes up on lottery. That's not Ellington's fault.[/quote]

Where can I see how many students applied last year, how many were District residents and how many District residents were denied enrollment?  [/quote]

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