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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are the current Board members. 
http://www.ellingtonschool.org/about/board-of-directors/

Given that the Board is a DCPS contractor, it doesn’t make sense that they would be able to appoint a Board member. [/quote]

You have no idea what you’re talking about.  It is insane that DC has no say on the Ellington board when if funds basically the whole thing.  Taxpiers don’t pay for a “contractor’s” entire budget and 300 percent cost overruns.  And if Ellington were a contractor, when was the last time that the relationship was reviewed and put out to bid?[/quote]

See the link at 16:21 above.

The Ellington Foundation IS a contractor. That is the relationship. DCPS pays for the 'regular school day', the Ellington Fund pays for all the costs associated with the daily 3-hour arts blocks from donations. In 2017, the contract was put out as a sole source -- that's on Kaya Henderson and Jenny Niles.

DGS was in charge of the construction, and DCPS OWNS THE BUILDING. Which also included renovation of the swing space that Hyde is now in, which will be used for several swing spaces.
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Does Ellington Foundation employ the faculty and manage the school or program and pay for the arts block of classes?  By the way, DCPS pays for newly 90 percent of DE’s operating costs, which suggests that the foundation is “paying” for considerably less than three hours of arts education per day.

Ellington unfortunately is a textbook case of fraud, waste, mismanagement, incompetence and lack of accountability.[/quote]

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