Author Archives: Suzanne Wells

I am Valerie Jablow, a Ward 6 DCPS parent. In our latest lottery scandal, at least two public school leaders bypassed lottery rules and thus expressed contempt for the schools they oversaw and the public they served. Yet, instead of resigning when they thusly abused their power, they did so only months later, when itContinue reading “Valerie Jablow Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning. My name is Suzanne Wells, and I am the founder of the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization, a group that serves Ward 6. My daughter is in 7th grade at Eliot-Hine Middle School, our family’s in-bound neighborhood DC public school. The recent revelation that ChancellorContinue reading “Suzanne Wells Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to speak today at the DCPS Oversight hearing. I am Danica Petroshius, a parent of a second grader and a fourth grader at Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan (CHML) and Co-Vice President of the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization (CHPSPO). I echo the calls of my fellow CHML parentsContinue reading “Danica Petroshius Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to testify at this Performance Oversight Hearing for DCPS. I am Iris Bond Gill, a parent of two at JO Wilson Elementary School and chair of the Upper Grades Committee of our school’s PTA. I’ll start by saying that for the first year I can recall, DCPS has listened toContinue reading “Iris Bond Gill Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

The Advisory Group on Community Use of Public Space will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 6:00pm at the Capitol View Library, 5001 Central Ave SE, Washington, DC 20019. The Advisory Group, called together by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education and comprising residents of the District of ColumbiaContinue reading “Public Meeting Notice – Advisory Group on Community Use of Public Space”

I have been a member of the Deputy Mayor for Education’s Cross Sector Collaboration Task Force for the last two years and am testifying on the efficacy of the proposals currently being considered. There are many recommendations from the Task Force being pushed out for public comment at the same time and only one meetingContinue reading “Caryn Ernst Testimony – DME Performance Oversight Hearing – February 13 2018”

Chairman Grosso and Members of the DC Council Committee on Education, My name is Mark Simon, longtime DCPS parent and public education advocate, and now an education policy associate at the Economic Policy Institute. The DME’s Cross Sector Task Force represents one of her major responsibilities and hopes. It had big problems to address: InefficiencyContinue reading “Testimony of Mark Simon – DME and PCSB Performance Oversight Hearing – February 13 2018”

My name is Valerie Jablow. As a DCPS parent and Ward 6 taxpayer, I want to ask you some questions, as you are charged with oversight of our education agencies. Last week[1], council members spoke with the DCPS chancellor about pressure on teachers to pass students and attendance policies not being followed. I appreciate theContinue reading “Valerie Jablow Testimony – DME and PCSB Performance Oversight Hearing – February 13 2018”

On Sunday, January 14, 2018 8:32 PM, Suzanne Wells <m.godec@att.net> wrote: Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization members, CHPSPO will meet on Tuesday, January 16, from 6:30 – 8 pm at Brent Elementary (301 North Carolina Ave., SE). We will be joined by Michelle Edwards, Executive Director of Live It Learn It, a non-profitContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets Tuesday, January 16 @ Brent”

Thank you for the opportunity to speak today at the Roundtable on Graduation Rate Accountability. I am Danica Petroshius, a parent of a second grader and a fourth grader at Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan (CHML) and a co-Vice President of CHPSPO. As a future high school parent on the outside looking in on thisContinue reading “Testimony of Danica Petroshius – Committee on Education Roundtable Graduation Rate Accountability – December 15, 2017”