Author Archives: Suzanne Wells

SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC FIELD HEARING ON FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET PRIORITIES I am the parent of two current Miner ES students and one future one. Our oldest is in first grade, our middle child is in PK4 and we have a rising PK3 child. My husband is serving hisContinue reading “Katy Thomas Testimony – DCPS Public Budget Hearing FY20 – November 27, 2018”

DCPS Budget Hearing – November 27, 2018 Phelps High School- Senior High Alliance of Parents, Principals and Educators Budget Testimony Cathy Reilly It is my hope that one of the lenses DCPS will use as it crafts the budget for this year is that of how best to support the public infrastructure of DCPS schools.Continue reading “Cathy Reilly Testimony – DCPS Public Budget Hearing for FY20”

Thank you Councilmember Grosso and Members of the Committee on Education for holding this Public Roundtable on plans for the Shaw Junior High School Campus. I appreciate the opportunity to testify this morning. My name is Jessica Sutter and I was recently elected to serve as the new Ward 6 Representative to the DC StateContinue reading “Jessica Sutter Testimony – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS’ Plans for Shaw Junior High School and Banneker Academic School – November 15, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the recent announcement that Banneker High School would be relocated to the Shaw Middle School site, and discussions would begin about future plans for a new middle school for residents who live in the Center City communities. Today you will hear differing opinions, some supporting theContinue reading “Suzanne Wells Testimony – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS’ Plans for Shaw Junior High School and Banneker Academic High School – November 15, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this important issue that affects hundreds of families in Shaw and Center City. I moved to Shaw in 2007, my husband has lived in Center City since 2002. We brought both our children home to our little house across the street from the original Shaw JuniorContinue reading “Maggie Koziol Testimony – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS’ Plans for Shaw Junior High School and Banneker Academic High School – November 15, 2018”

Greetings Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. I’m Sarah Livingston, a 12 year resident of Shaw and I appreciate the opportunity to comment on this subject. I support the DC government in keeping its promise of 2008 to rebuild Shaw Junior High School on the same site it was forced to leave. I doContinue reading “Sarah Livingston Testimony – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS’ Plans for Shaw Junior High School and Banneker Academic High School – November 15, 2018”

My name is Suki Lucier. I’m the mother of a second grader at Seaton Elementary school and the president of the Seaton Parent Teacher Organization. When I was pregnant with our son in 2010, along with the typical questions about when I was due and if we knew if it was a boy or aContinue reading “Suki Lucier – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS’ Plans for Shaw Junior High School and Banneker Academic High School – November 15, 2018”

Hello, I‘m Becky Reina, mother of 2 Cleveland Elementary School students. Thank you for this opportunity to testify. I want Shaw Junior High School to be reopened as a middle school fed by Seaton, Cleveland, Garrison, Ross, and Thomson Elementary Schools as envisioned by the Office of the DME in 2014 as a result ofContinue reading “Becky Reina Testimony – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS’ Plans for Shaw Junior High School Campus and Banneker Academic High School – November 15, 2018”

DC Senior High Alliance of Parents, Principals and Educators (S.H.A.P.P.E) Testimony Cathy Reilly – Exec. Director Thank you for this opportunity to offer testify on the Mayor’s and DCPS’s recent decision to – Expand Banneker to 800 students – Relocate the school to the Shaw site – Further postpone planning and budget for a neededContinue reading “Cathy Reilly Testimony – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS’ Plans for Shaw Junior High School Campus and Banneker Academic High School, November 15, 2018”

November 10, 2018 To: The Cross-Sector Collaboration Task Force c/o Paul Kihn, Acting Deputy Mayor for Education From: Mary Levy and Caryn Ernst We write to submit our resignations from the Cross-Sector Collaboration Task Force and to state why we have declined to endorse the report just released. We do this because the report andContinue reading “Mary Levy and Caryn Ernst Resign from Cross-Sector Collaboration Task Force”