Well done. So very important. I hope that Baltimore, Maryland takes note!

This after you graduate

We had a ball today. Nice and clean, friendly dogs, they even had doggie bags… saved me a penny ❤❤❤❤

🙋 *Promo sm*

why its not full construction video should be extended so it would be full construction

I go to this school

This is how long it takes my mom to give me water

That was amazing!

‘ I go there

I’m coming to there

cool

BLACKS THINK WHITES HAVE THINGS HANDED TO THEM .NO LOOK AT THIS .ALL CHEATERS

Bruh

I am a DESA family member and our school is awesome no matter how good it looks

not anymore HAH

1st comment lmao

the most lavish high school i've ever seen...this looks way better than most universities! it's amazing that with all of this luxury, they still resort to fraud and abuse to keep students. i hope the principal and administrators go to jail for their corruption. investigate the hell out of everyone involved!

There are two quotes below about this issue copied from the black woman's forum "Lipstick Alley." The name of the thread is "What Really Happened at Ballou High School (Every student graduated)." Ballou was my neighborhood school but I ended up going elsewhere for HS. I never attended a day but still got report cards. No one noticed I never enrolled but still received C's for some courses. Happens everywhere. I worked at a charter school in PA that changed unexcused absences to excused as long as the parent brought a "note". So at the and of the school year, some parents brought 2 months worth of "notes" with excuses like Please excuse my student, I was getting my hair done and didn't have a ride to get him/her to school. How do I know? It was my job to change the records. I was pissed.

Yup, turned out just the way you planned kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKKWe5SQmM2qj7M

What a ridiculous waste of tax payer money. 100% of graduates received college acceptance letters but the majority can't read or write at a 5th grade level. You do the math, oh wait, nevermind....

My mom works there...

Elevador Explotado

i go to that school

my anut gos there

it look better than the old building

it look better than the old building

I don't even recognize it anymore.

You know with citywide gentrification and the chronic overcrowding at Wilson Duke Ellington is eventually going to be renovated again and turned back into a general high school renamed Western High School someday. More and more wealthy kids from new Millennial parents are staying in the city and sending their kids to in boundary public schools because the competition for private school admission has become so cutthroat and it's so overwhelmingly expensive for most of them, even relatively rich people. Eventually they'll pressure the future new white "Independent" mayor to do away with frivolous expenses like art schools and remodel the school for them.

amazing i want to go

Love the plan for open air film screenings on the roof. I have a few programs of films by teens ready to present! And that's my school #DSEA - but it was called #WesternHSDC when I went there!

That's my school! #DESA

I can't wait for the school to be like this

Wow that's amazing and they're gonna be done with it in two years. That's a lot of work to do in a two year time period

But my question is.......will this be a distraction to the dedication and commitment to the chosen craft of the students?

Wow...I can imagine it will be harder to get in........the audition process will be much more grueling. ..than it was in the 80s. ....wow. ...breathtaking! !!......truly an institution

I am so glad they're not razing the original facade, & I love the openness & light of the new plan. Perhaps they could have found a way to make it more harmonious, but honestly, after so many years of surviving in the crumbling old facilities, I'm just so grateful that they're getting something new. & a REAL performance space!!! I envy the kids who will have that. May they have endless opportunities to use it.

so beautiful!! has to be the most gorgeous public school in the country...

I just hope it is actually as amazing as it looks. Especially the parking garage. Seems to be a good and mostly efficient use of space and light. Certainly fits the character of the school. Skeptical that the rooftop happens.

I don't like the modern architecture integrated with the classic roman aesthetic. The rigid vertical structure with the futuristic glass panels is inconsistent. It's a poor design choice. I understand the urge to upgrade, but this 3D architectural facade is definitely on the tacky side. I dunno. That's just me. O_o

Awesome design!!!

So long Old Dunbar. So many memories that no one can take away from me.

Mixed feelings. Don't like the interior skywalks. The roof effect won't work in the winter without a roof. But it is awesome. Had the iconic front been changed I would have hated it. But it looks classy now. Graduate of the former Western High School, 1966.

Amazing I wish they did this while we were there

This is amazing!

David are you a DESA family member?

Those of us who attended the alumni photoshoot on October 9 were shown the video. I was in tears. All those days of going to school with no air in the summer and no heat in the winter has finally paid off.

WWWhhatttttt lol. I'm so mad that they are just doing it now. Lucky students !!!

I love it. Only wish it happened while I attended.

About time.... This is well deserved just wish it was done sooner.... Best wishes...

Yes! It is AWESOME! As you already mentioned it will be GREEN too!