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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do a little research, please. Nearly every arts high school works in America in the same sort of private/public partnership agreement as Ellington for a couple of reasons. (1) There is no such thing as a formal arts curriculum in American education so school systems don't know how to run them and (2) teachers at that level of instruction by default tend to be professionals in their fields, not necessarily professional teachers so their hiring cannot work within the normal public school structure and they are almost always non-union and get paid much less than union teachers.

That days everything about how far American has gotten away from public support of arts and culture. People talk about STEM this, STEM that, then binge on Netflix all night and listen to music all day but want to shut down a school that teaches people to makes films and music. Really WTF people?[/quote]

We have an amazing school that nurtures young peoples talents in areas outside tech, science, and languages why the hate? You don't think microsoft, apple, pearson, etc have a huge influence in schools and as for common core...what do you want these kids to do? If that is their passion and it keeps them in school and motivated to learn and contribute to society what is the problem with one school focusing on that. We have so many failing high schools with low enrollment, truant students, abysmal test scores, and a revolving door of teachers and principals. Some people just want to hate, on another board folks are moaning about Cooldige and how it doesn't have the talent to be a Med/Tech focussed school and yet you don't want students inclined to the arts to have a school either that nurtures their talents. Could the board etc be more transparent and it should be only for DC residents or fee=paying out of state, but quit the hate  :roll: [/quote]

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