Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your numbers are WAY off.

Have you noticed that a lot of people on this thread are taking the "good riddance!" approach? It's not just me, sweetie.

Some, if not all, of THEM are YOU. The Fillmore stakeholders are the most qualified to hold an opinion of its utility, anyhow.

Anonymous wrote:Your numbers are WAY off.

Have you noticed that a lot of people on this thread are taking the "good riddance!" approach? It's not just me, sweetie.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At minimum, Fillmore deserved notice so the schools could plan a way to continue funding it. 42 years of history in a local community deserves that much. DCPS should at least PRETEND to respect Ward 3 families and their kids!

42 years is a long time to be allowed to get it right.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At minimum, Fillmore deserved notice so the schools could plan a way to continue funding it. 42 years of history in a local community deserves that much. DCPS should at least PRETEND to respect Ward 3 families and their kids!

42 years is a long time to be allowed to get it right.

Anonymous wrote:At minimum, Fillmore deserved notice so the schools could plan a way to continue funding it. 42 years of history in a local community deserves that much. DCPS should at least PRETEND to respect Ward 3 families and their kids!

Anonymous wrote:Many children at Hyde and Marie Reed do not live in-bounds.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks like to taunt Ward 3 residents, as demonstrated by responses on this board. Frankly, I think DCPS administrators enjoy taunting them, too, as the "explanation" they've provided for killing Fillmore holds no water once you look at it. DCPS no response to the reality on the ground that the 5 Fillmore schools have no classrooms for art education.

And you have never lived outside ward 3 (maybe 4), right? Ward three has always been very well off. Deal, the likely best neighborhood middle school in the city is in ward 3. Wilson, the closest thing DCPS has to an adequate high school is in ward three. Read the list of the best elementary schools? Where are most of them? Ward 3.

Wilson and Deal both recently were renovated recently. Lafayette is currently being renovated. Murch was renovated how many times in the past ten years? At least twice Im pretty sure. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a non-renovated school in ward 3 (I tend to lump ward four above the park in with ward three as well, as it is exactly the same).

Filmore was a program geared towards wealthy students of all races. Its not a racial thing, its a class thing. DC is likely the absolutely most segregated city Ive ever seen, and is just getting worse and worse. Live anywhere outsides wards 1-4 and you can easily see it... I hope you can at least see why some people might question funding a program that primarily serves the wealthy and comply ignoring arts education in wards across the river. I have no doubt that next year said schools will have dedicated arts classrooms, paid for by donations from parents. And said teachers who lose their jobs will have nice new jobs at swanky private organizations teaching the same kids and stimulating the economy when their students from Fillmore's parents pay them thousands a year to teach their little darlings the same shit outside of school hours.

And maybe DCPS will actually use the money saved to improve arts education in ward 7 and 8.

Though who am I kidding. They probably will just rehab Murch again. God knows it's been like a full two years since the last time they threw money around there, must be absolutely falling apart again by now.

The issue of equity in DCPS is not simple.

Yes, Ward 3 has the highest-performing schools. However, they have the lowest per-pupil allotments as well. Every school in Ward 3 is over-crowded, while DCPS schools on average are about a third empty. And most of the kids who attend school in Ward 3 live in other parts of the city. None of those things are unrelated to each other. Apples and oranges all over the place.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks like to taunt Ward 3 residents, as demonstrated by responses on this board. Frankly, I think DCPS administrators enjoy taunting them, too, as the "explanation" they've provided for killing Fillmore holds no water once you look at it. DCPS no response to the reality on the ground that the 5 Fillmore schools have no classrooms for art education.

And you have never lived outside ward 3 (maybe 4), right? Ward three has always been very well off. Deal, the likely best neighborhood middle school in the city is in ward 3. Wilson, the closest thing DCPS has to an adequate high school is in ward three. Read the list of the best elementary schools? Where are most of them? Ward 3.

Wilson and Deal both recently were renovated recently. Lafayette is currently being renovated. Murch was renovated how many times in the past ten years? At least twice Im pretty sure. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a non-renovated school in ward 3 (I tend to lump ward four above the park in with ward three as well, as it is exactly the same).

Filmore was a program geared towards wealthy students of all races. Its not a racial thing, its a class thing. DC is likely the absolutely most segregated city Ive ever seen, and is just getting worse and worse. Live anywhere outsides wards 1-4 and you can easily see it... I hope you can at least see why some people might question funding a program that primarily serves the wealthy and comply ignoring arts education in wards across the river. I have no doubt that next year said schools will have dedicated arts classrooms, paid for by donations from parents. And said teachers who lose their jobs will have nice new jobs at swanky private organizations teaching the same kids and stimulating the economy when their students from Fillmore's parents pay them thousands a year to teach their little darlings the same shit outside of school hours.

And maybe DCPS will actually use the money saved to improve arts education in ward 7 and 8.

Though who am I kidding. They probably will just rehab Murch again. God knows it's been like a full two years since the last time they threw money around there, must be absolutely falling apart again by now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks like to taunt Ward 3 residents, as demonstrated by responses on this board. Frankly, I think DCPS administrators enjoy taunting them, too, as the "explanation" they've provided for killing Fillmore holds no water once you look at it. DCPS no response to the reality on the ground that the 5 Fillmore schools have no classrooms for art education.

And you have never lived outside ward 3 (maybe 4), right? Ward three has always been very well off. Deal, the likely best neighborhood middle school in the city is in ward 3. Wilson, the closest thing DCPS has to an adequate high school is in ward three. Read the list of the best elementary schools? Where are most of them? Ward 3.

Wilson and Deal both recently were renovated recently. Lafayette is currently being renovated. Murch was renovated how many times in the past ten years? At least twice Im pretty sure. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a non-renovated school in ward 3 (I tend to lump ward four above the park in with ward three as well, as it is exactly the same).

Filmore was a program geared towards wealthy students of all races. Its not a racial thing, its a class thing. DC is likely the absolutely most segregated city Ive ever seen, and is just getting worse and worse. Live anywhere outsides wards 1-4 and you can easily see it... I hope you can at least see why some people might question funding a program that primarily serves the wealthy and comply ignoring arts education in wards across the river. I have no doubt that next year said schools will have dedicated arts classrooms, paid for by donations from parents. And said teachers who lose their jobs will have nice new jobs at swanky private organizations teaching the same kids and stimulating the economy when their students from Fillmore's parents pay them thousands a year to teach their little darlings the same shit outside of school hours.

And maybe DCPS will actually use the money saved to improve arts education in ward 7 and 8.

Though who am I kidding. They probably will just rehab Murch again. God knows it's been like a full two years since the last time they threw money around there, must be absolutely falling apart again by now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks like to taunt Ward 3 residents, as demonstrated by responses on this board. Frankly, I think DCPS administrators enjoy taunting them, too, as the "explanation" they've provided for killing Fillmore holds no water once you look at it. DCPS no response to the reality on the ground that the 5 Fillmore schools have no classrooms for art education.

And you have never lived outside ward 3 (maybe 4), right? Ward three has always been very well off. Deal, the likely best neighborhood middle school in the city is in ward 3. Wilson, the closest thing DCPS has to an adequate high school is in ward three. Read the list of the best elementary schools? Where are most of them? Ward 3.

Wilson and Deal both recently were renovated recently. Lafayette is currently being renovated. Murch was renovated how many times in the past ten years? At least twice Im pretty sure. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a non-renovated school in ward 3 (I tend to lump ward four above the park in with ward three as well, as it is exactly the same).

Filmore was a program geared towards wealthy students of all races. Its not a racial thing, its a class thing. DC is likely the absolutely most segregated city Ive ever seen, and is just getting worse and worse. Live anywhere outsides wards 1-4 and you can easily see it... I hope you can at least see why some people might question funding a program that primarily serves the wealthy and comply ignoring arts education in wards across the river. I have no doubt that next year said schools will have dedicated arts classrooms, paid for by donations from parents. And said teachers who lose their jobs will have nice new jobs at swanky private organizations teaching the same kids and stimulating the economy when their students from Fillmore's parents pay them thousands a year to teach their little darlings the same shit outside of school hours.

And maybe DCPS will actually use the money saved to improve arts education in ward 7 and 8.

Though who am I kidding. They probably will just rehab Murch again. God knows it's been like a full two years since the last time they threw money around there, must be absolutely falling apart again by now.

Anonymous wrote:Folks like to taunt Ward 3 residents, as demonstrated by responses on this board. Frankly, I think DCPS administrators enjoy taunting them, too, as the "explanation" they've provided for killing Fillmore holds no water once you look at it. DCPS no response to the reality on the ground that the 5 Fillmore schools have no classrooms for art education.