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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids don't like Fillmore either - but the lack of a feasible alternative that works for our school (where there is no facilities and obviously no art personnel) it's stinks.  And it will require extra PTA private money to make it work...  [/quote]

Your school pays for Fillmore by the  head now, right?

That money will go to hire an art teacher and supplies. Talk to your principal. They are the one who has to make this work. [/quote]

Exactly. This is a school by school issue. Schools should survey their own communities anonymously, including teachers, parents, and kids. These are the people who matter, not former parents or non-parents neighbors in Georgetown and Glover Park.

Fillmore did serve a critical role in the past. But now is not like the 70s when DCPS didn't even budget for arts and Fillmore served more than twice the schools they do now. It was a good investment when there were few options.

There is an unspoken issue here. If Fillmore education is so great, don't ALL students deserve access to it? Should there be a lottery for Fillmore?

Personally, I think it makes sense for Hyde-Addison, Key, and Stoddert to share Fillmore space due to their facilities and proximity to Hardy. If the principals want that, they can pool their per-pupil funds and pay for staff there. If it's not enough, then privileged parents can do what they do everywhere else and pay for "extras."

But Reed and Ross? Those are the kids who travel the furthest, over two miles by bus. Their student numbers are subsidizing the other three.

Renovations aside, Reed is two blocks from the Oyster-Adams upper campus and half a mile from renovated H.D. Cooke. Ross is only a mile from Garrison, and from SWW Frances Stevens, and from Sitar Arts Center.

I'm not saying any of these options are perfect, but don't Ross and Reed students deserve Fillmore-quality art teachers closer to their classrooms?
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All of the money key and stoddert are allocated by dcps for art instructions and supplies is sent to fillmore, and additional money provided by parents. Its not like these schools get fillmore for free.

I heard that dcps said "well, we will just put trailers at key and stoddert!" It is pathetic they dont know that these schools already have all the trailers the sites can handle. Dont they have any idea about the facilities in the school system they run?
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