Friday, January 22, 2010

Ellington arts school staying put for now, Rhee says - washingtonpost.com


Ellington arts school staying put for now, Rhee says - washingtonpost.com:

"Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, moving Thursday to quell a storm of protest, said that the District has no immediate plans to move the Duke Ellington School of the Arts out of Georgetown but that it hopes to eventually build a new facility to replace the school's century-old home.

'Ellington will stay in Georgetown for the foreseeable future,' said Rhee, who is scheduled to meet with members of the school's governing board Friday.

Rhee has been inundated with calls and e-mails from the school community since The Washington Post reported Sunday that the District had studied the cost of moving Ellington to the former Logan Elementary School building on G Street NE, near Union Station."