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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the "Brent" thread, there's a link to last week's D.C. Council Public Oversight Hearing on schools, involving Kaya Henderson, Beers, and others:

http://dc.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=3105

At minute 50, Mary Cheh had questions about the homeless shelter; at min 54, Cheh has questions on Fillmore.

The good news is at min 57, Kaya Henderson said she "will cooperate" to keep Fillmore open next year with more funds.

[b]Henderson repeated some incorrect talking points about Fillmore, such as the idea that Fillmore used to serve the entire city for period of time, and that there has been a significant dropoff of Fillmore feeder schools in the past few years which makes it less financially practical than it once was.  Simply untrue.[/b]

Kaya also suggested that Fillmore needs public-private funding, like Ellington, if it wants a long-term future.  That is probably true, Fillmore supporters!

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You're entitled to your own opinion. But you're not entitled to your own facts. Remember Fillmore East, as in East of the River? The most recent Fillmore withdrawals include Garrison and Hearst.

There are schools with full-time arts teachers and space that are logistically more efficient than Fillmore. Marie Reed could partner with Cooke. Ross could partner with Garrison.

That would leaves Hyde, Key and Stoddert, Hardy feeder schools. Maybe the leaders of those schools can figure out a way to make it work. Perhaps more IB people would attend Hardy if it was incorporated directly into feeders and indirectly through Fillmore breathing the same air in the Hardy building.

Kaya clearly wants to kick the Fillmore can down the road to assuage squeaky wheels. But make no mistake, the principals and central don't want the Fillmore arrangement. It's a legacy of desegregation efforts from the 70s. It's time to find an alternative.[/quote]

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