Author Archives: Suzanne Wells

On Thursday, December 14, 2017 10:14 PM, Suzanne Wells <m.godec@att.net> wrote: Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization members, CHPSPO will have its last meeting of 2017 on Tuesday, December 19, at Stuart-Hobson (410 E Street, NE). We have been invited by the Capitol Hill Cluster School to attend a reading group discussion on theContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets December 19 @ Stuart-Hobson”

CHPSPO will meet on Tuesday, November 21 at Payne (1445 C Street, SE, in the library) at 6:30 pm. Alicia Dorsey with the Brent Diversity Working Group will join us to discuss the working group and the recent town hall meeting with Chancellor Wilson. Nancy Huvendick and Will Perkins from the 21st Century School FundContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets Tuesday, November 21 @ Payne”

Backpack Full of Cash Screening The Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, the Coalition for DC Public Schools and Communities (C4DC), and Teaching for Change are hosting a FREE screening of the film Backpack Full of Cash on Thursday, November 16, at 6 pm at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus (3101 16th St., NW). ThisContinue reading “Backpack Full of Cash Screening”

Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization members, CHPSPO will host a second focus group on November 1, 2017, at 6 pm at Jefferson Middle School Academy (801 7th Street, SW) on a new school report card that will be developed by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE). The new school reportContinue reading “Focus Group on New School Report Card”

Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization members, There are two meetings on Monday, October 23, that may be of interest. 1. CHPSPO will host a focus group at 6 pm at Stuart Hobson (410 E Street, NE) on a new school report card that will be developed by the Office of the State SuperintendentContinue reading “School Report Card Focus Group & Equity in Education Community Townhall”

Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization members, The DC Language Immersion Project will be hosting a discussion in Ward 6 on Sunday, October 22, at 10 am, at 1339 East Capitol St., SE, with Fabrice Jaumont, who is the father of NYC’s bilingual revolution. It’s an opportunity to talk with other parents who areContinue reading “Bilingual Revolution in DC on 10/20-22”

Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization members, The DC Language Immersion Project will be hosting a discussion in Ward 6 on Sunday, October 22, at 10 am with Fabrice Jaumont, who is the father of NYC’s bilingual revolution. It’s an opportunity to talk with other parents who are interested in bilingual education, and learnContinue reading “Bilingual Revolution in DC on 10/20-22”

CHPSPO Meeting Notes – July 19, 2017 Jefferson Academy  801 7th Street, SW 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.   Feed-the Feeder – Bruce DarConte, President Near Southeast Community Partners Goal of Feed-the-Feeder effort for Jefferson Academy has been to raise teacher morale, and help teachers get to know each other. Two Feed-the-Feeder events have beenContinue reading “CHPSPO Meeting Notes – July 19, 2017”

I’m Sarah Livingston, one of DC’s voting, taxpaying citizens from Ward 6. This past Saturday, I saw a film called “A Backpack Full of Cash” that documents some of the ways that public education in our country is being privatized including by charter schools. It does a great job of showing, in Philadelphia for example,Continue reading “Testimony of Sarah Livingston – Committee on Education Public Charter School Board Budget Hearing – May 4, 2017”