General
Bike and Roll to School Day is May 3, 2023 – Register & Save the Date!
Bike AND ROLL to School Day is coming! For now, get ready by:
Decoding the FY24 DCPS Budget
The DCPS Budget for SY24 presents some schools with cuts (in spite of stable enrollment and in spite of DC Council Legislation designed to prevent cuts). It also provides increase in funds to some schools with large populations of students with the greatest need. To help DC families understand the budget, three DC parents (and…
W6PSPO Meets Tonight – Mar 21, 2023 @ 7PM
Dear Ward 6 Public Schools Parent Organization members, 1. W6PSPO will meet on Tuesday, March 21, at 7 pm. We will discuss the following: a. Principal Jasmine Brann will share with us upcoming plans for Tyler Elementary to transition to a Bilingual-Arts model; b. School budgets. We’re hoping each school can…
Video: Ward 6 Middle Schools Principals Panel – March 14, 2023
Principals across Ward 6 feeder middle schools share their ideas on what makes a good middle school, how their schools help all students reach their highest potential, what extracurricular activities they offer, and more. Moderator: Denise Forte, President and CEO of the Education Trust.
W6PSPO Meets Tonight – Jan 17, 2023 @ 7PM
Dear Ward 6 Public Schools Parent Organization members, 1. W6PSPO will meet on Tuesday, January 17 at 7 pm. We will discuss the following: a. Catherine Frye will lead a discussion on whether Ward 6 schools are seeing migrant students who have been bussed to DC from border states enrolling in our schools, and what…
Advocacy
Elizabeth Corinth Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – Nov 16 2022
Hello, my name is Elizabeth Corinth. I am a ward 6 resident and the parent of three DCPS students at School-Within-School @ Goding, where I currently serve as the LSAT chair. As we prepare the DCPS budget allocations for FY24, we urgently need to address the insufficiency of the baseline budgets that schools receive. I challenge…
Stephen Kletter Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – Nov 16 2022
Good evening. My name is Stephen Kletter and I am a practicing economist who has lived and worked in the District for over 25 years. I have two children that attend Jackson-Reed High School. Over the past few years I have spent an enormous amount of my own time deciphering the old and new DCPS…
Sonja Walti – DCPS Budget Hearing – Nov 16 2022
Thank you for the opportunity to testify at today’s DCPS Public Budget Hearing, and thank you to my fellow participants and the public for guiding our school system’s use of resources. I am testifying here on behalf of School Without Walls High School’s Local School Advisory Team, to make three requests for DCPS’ 2023-24 school…
Max Whitsell Testimony – DCPS Budget – Nov 16 2022
7th Grade Student, CHML Mr. Chancellor, my name is Max Whitsell and I’m in 7th grade at CHML. My school and friends are really important to me – and so are sports. I found out today at basketball practice that DCPS will not allow my school to have a basketball team that can compete in…
Danica Petroshius Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – Nov 16 2022
LSAT Secretary, SIT Member, Parent at Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan Chancellor Ferebee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am Danica Petroshius a DCPS parent for the last 12 years. My children both started at Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan at age 3 and now they are a 7th grader at CHML and…
Knowledge Sharing
Join the Ward 6 Middle School Principals’ panel discussion – March 14, 7:00pm
Have middle school on the mind? All of the principals of destination middle schools for Ward 6 elementary schools will share their schools’ programming, enrichment, and will answer questions. EVERYONE is welcome! Register via: https://bit.ly/W6PSPO23MSPrincipals
Video: Ward 6 State Board of Education Candidates Forum
Missed the Ward 6 Rep State Board of Education Candidates forum? Watch it here! Thanks to Ward 6 Dems for organizing and to co-sponsors Hill Rag and PAVE. Click this link to watch the recording –> https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1145863563002842
Video: Ward 6 Middle Schools Principals Panel – March 9, 2022
Principals across Ward 6 feeder middle schools share their ideas on what makes a good middle school, how their schools help all students reach their highest potential, what extracurricular activities they offer, and more. Moderator: Denise Forte, the interim CEO of the Education
Ward 6 Middle School Principal Panel Discussion – March 9 @ 7:30PM
Join the virtual Middle School Principal Panel Discussion is set for Wednesday, March 9, at 7:30 pm. Principals across Ward 6 feeder middle schools will share their ideas on what makes a good middle school, how their schools help all students reach their highest potential, what extracurricular activities they offer, and more. Moderator: Denise Forte, the interim CEO of the Education…
Ward 6 Public School Parents Organization 