CHPSPO Meeting Notes – October 18 2016

Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization

Miner Elementary School, Large Group Instruction Room, 601 15th Street, NE

October 18, 2016, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

 

1. Cross-Sector Collaboration Task Force (Caryn Ernst)

• DISCUSSION (Policy proposal for by-right, neighborhood schools):
  • In wards 7/8 (and 5) 30-50% of the population mobile throughout the school year (low income). Some schools like Cluster in Ward 6 that also experience churn. Higher percentage of churn in HS than in MS/ES.
    • Most mobility from out of state to in state and from charter to DCPS
    • Task force: What are strategies to reduce mobility
    • By right charter schools as proposed solution. Proposed by DME, not task force and is being supported by the DME
    • The Public Charter School Board did not support the proposal because it would reduce choice for families.
  • Other policy ideas:
    • Since schools impacted by this have a high degree of churn, what if there were a central way to have kids transition via central office and schools have to reserve a percentage of slots for those kids
    • Ed council reps: project churn at school level, set the high churn schools up w/ transition academies to get students transitioned into regular classrooms.
    • Currently, no data about why students are moving
  • ACTION: one of the ward education councils will author a letter supporting policies (not by right)
  • ACTION: Encourage DCPS to discuss policy options under consideration and consider impacts on DCPS
  • (http://dme.dc.gov/collaboration)

2. November Wilson Building Visits – topics & attendees

• Topics for discussion include:
  • Chancellor search
  • Cross-sector task force – opportunity to raise concerns about mobility proposals, and balance on task force
  • Modernization issues
• Who to visit: Grosso, Allen, White, Cheh

 

3. Summer Modernization Hearing Follow upWhen

• Allen’s letter to Gillis (See attached document)
• Sub-Committee actions:
  • Reach out to schools left off the list
  • Organize events/social media
  • Connect/raise with DME, etc
  • Jan-May fix all schools push
• PACE act to be marked up soon. Focus on what do we think about facility condition as a weight? What should it be? Bill is: http://lims.dccouncil.us/Download/35974/B21-0777-Introduction.pdf
• Follow up letter to DGS from CM Allen: 2016-10-18-dcps-dgs-hearing-follow-up-CM-Allen

4. Monthly Best Practices Discussions

• Topics suggested:
  • PTO
  • Fundraising
  • Aftercare
  • Environmental/sustainability

5. Walk-to-School Day Closeout

• Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/104724553@N05/albums/72157673556535491
• Storify: https://storify.com/CHPSPO/walk-to-school-day-2016-20-years-of-walking-and-ro

6. Changes to Nursing (Beth Bacon):

• Information meeting notes:
  • Charged w/ improving outcomes
  • DOH mentioned needs assessment and some outreach to public but parents not clear what that entailed
  • Moving resources; working w/ community resources/primary care physicians
  • Only 40% of students have universal health forms completed
  • Algorithm which determines 20-40 hours/week support (though not enough nurses currently to cover the support)
    • Special health needs
    • Enrollment
    • Health suite use
    • Profile data
  • Could be reassessed monthly
  • Presentations, etc: http://doh.dc.gov/service/school-nurses
• Ed Committee Roundtable on October 25.
  • Written Testimony from every school?
  • CHPSPO letter w/ concerns and questions?
  • Short survey to principals?
  • UPDATE: https://chpspo.org/2016/10/23/school-health-services-changes/

Next CHPSPO Meeting: November 15, 2016

• Liz Davis
• Enrollment Office

Upcoming Events

DCPS State of the Schools

October 18, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Roosevelt High School

Cross Sector Collaboration Task Force

October 25, 6 pm, Location DC Taxi Cab Commission 2235 Shannon Pl SE #3001.

Open Houses

October 19, 6 pm, Jefferson Academy

November 2, 9:30 am and 6 pm, Eliot-Hine Middle School

November 3, 9:30 am and 6 pm, Stuart Hobson Middle School

November 16, 6 pm, Jefferson Academy

December 13, 9 am, Eliot-Hine Middle School

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October 22, 10 am – 2 pm, Maury Fall Festival

October 22, 11 am – 3 pm, Tyler Harvest Festival

October 26, 4 – 6 pm, Miner Oktoberfest

October 28, 5:30 pm-  8 pm, Hilloween at Eastern Market

October 29, 6 – 9 pm, Capitol Hill Montessori@Logan Haunted Harvest Festival