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Walk in the July Fourth Parade on Barracks Row!

Walk, ride, scoot, bike, dribble, (do it all!) in this year’s July Fourth Parade on Barracks Row! What: Annual July Fourth Parade on Capitol Hill Where: 10:00 AM on Barracks Row (if you’re walking with your school, no later than 9:30 AM) Want to help Save School Libraries?: Carry a “Save School Libraries” sign whileContinue reading “Walk in the July Fourth Parade on Barracks Row!”

CHPSPO Meeting Notes – June 19, 2012

Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Tyler Elementary School Library June 19, 2012 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. DCPS Library Funding Followup, Peter MacPherson Ludlow-Taylor meeting with DCPS on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Request is to move librarians out of flexible categoryto core staff; , check if Mary Levy and DCPS are willingContinue reading “CHPSPO Meeting Notes – June 19, 2012”

CHPSPO June 19 Meeting, 6:30PM Location TBD

The Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization will meet on Tuesday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m. I don’t have a location yet, and will send a note around before Tuesday with the location. We’ll be discussing what we want to do to follow up on the library funding issue and the Ward 6 State ofContinue reading “CHPSPO June 19 Meeting, 6:30PM Location TBD”

For Immediate Release: Bake Sale to Support DCPS Libraries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 14 Contact: CHPSPO, chpspo@gmail.com, Parents and Students Hold Bake Sale to Support DCPS Libraries Washington, DC- On Friday, June 15, 2012, parents and students from across Washington, DC will be raising funds to support funding school librarians in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS).Continue reading “For Immediate Release: Bake Sale to Support DCPS Libraries”

Save School Libraries: Protest @ DCPS on Monday, May 21

Please join with the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization in protest of cuts in school librarians by the District of Columbia Public Schools. The event will take place in front of DCPS headquarters at 1200 First Street, N.E. between 1pm and 6pm. on Monday, May 21st. If these proposed cuts go through 58 DistrictContinue reading “Save School Libraries: Protest @ DCPS on Monday, May 21”

CHPSPO May Meeting

The Capitol Hill Public School Parent Organization will hold its May 15 meeting at 6:30 pm at Miner Elementary (601 15th St., NE). We will be talking about school libraries, middle school issues, the upcoming Ward 6 State of the Schools meeting, and more. If you have other agenda topics, please let me know. AContinue reading “CHPSPO May Meeting”

One Last Call…. #SaveSchoolLibraries

Dear Supporters of School Libraries: We wish we could tell you we’d completely closed the distance separating us and the restoration of full funding for school librarians. Sadly that is not the case. At this moment, the council chairman is recommending that $1 million be taken from the “Proving What’s Possible” grant program and beContinue reading “One Last Call…. #SaveSchoolLibraries”

Important Library Appeal

Dear PTA Presidents, I apologize I am having to reach out to you one more time to help in the effort to save school libraries. Collectively we have done a terrific job advocating for school libraries. The Council of the Whole FY13 DCPS budget recommendations noted the “decision that the Committee has heard about theContinue reading “Important Library Appeal”

Worried about proposed cuts to school librarian positions? How to help.

To: CHPSPO, DCPS and ‘Friends of’ Community… I’d like to ask your help in spreading the word about the proposed changes DCPS is planning to make to funding school libraries. Schools with under 300 students will no longer have a librarian position funded from the DCPS budget, and funding for librarians in schools with an enrollmentContinue reading “Worried about proposed cuts to school librarian positions? How to help.”

Get ready for the first ever National Bike to School Day on May 9

The National Center for Safe Routes to School (the folks who INVENTED National Bike to School Day) will attend our Lincoln Park Pit Stop and have invited friends from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DDOT, Safe Kids Worldwide, and more. Shortly after students arrive at school, members of Congress and leaders of bicycle advocacy organizationsContinue reading “Get ready for the first ever National Bike to School Day on May 9”