Category Archives: Advocacy

Counted Out screening on March 21, 2026

FREE public viewing of COUNTED OUT Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026Time: 11:00am – 1:00pmLocation: Northeast Neighborhood Library, 330 7th St. NE (Large Conf Room)Register: https://luma.com/w95nl0gm Panel discussion to follow – light refreshments. Co-hosted by W6PSPO, DC Area Educators for Justice, and C4DC

Letter to Senate from DC School Parent/Teacher Orgs Re $1B in Cuts to FY25

Sixty-five city-wide DCPS and charter school organizations and parents signed on to a letter asking US Senators to take action to restore the ability for DC to spend our own local tax dollars and continue to fund essential city services like schools, police and firefighters. Thank you to the families from the Capitol Hill ClusterContinue reading “Letter to Senate from DC School Parent/Teacher Orgs Re $1B in Cuts to FY25”

W6PSPO Meets Tuesday March 18 @ 7pm

Dear W6PSPO Community, We’re looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, Tuesday, March 18 at 7 pm via Zoom (Register/Join here).  We will primarily be discussing the $1B cut to DC’s current FY year budget, actions taken by leaders/residents and how you can help, and FY26’s budget. Our guests will be : Updates and Reminders: From Ward 6 CM CharlesContinue reading “W6PSPO Meets Tuesday March 18 @ 7pm”

Suzanne Wells Testimony – CoW DC Ed Agency Hearing – Apr 5 2023

Testimony of Suzanne Wells President, Ward 6 Public Schools Parent Organization             Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.             The Ward 6 Public Schools Parent Organization (W6PSPO) met on March 21, 2023, to discuss the school budgets for FY24.  Out of 13 schools, five received increases to their budgets averaging $335K with aContinue reading “Suzanne Wells Testimony – CoW DC Ed Agency Hearing – Apr 5 2023”

Betsy Wolf Testimony – CoW DC Ed Agency Budget Hearing – April 5 2023

Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Betsy Wolf, and I will have 3 kids at Amidon-Bowen next year. I wasn’t the only Amidon-Bowen parent signed up to testify today, but I’m the only one who can make it given work commitments. I want to start by noting thatContinue reading “Betsy Wolf Testimony – CoW DC Ed Agency Budget Hearing – April 5 2023”

Decoding the FY24 DCPS Budget

The DCPS Budget for SY24 presents some schools with cuts (in spite of stable enrollment and in spite of DC Council Legislation designed to prevent cuts). It also provides increase in funds to some schools with large populations of students with the greatest need. To help DC families understand the budget, three DC parents (andContinue reading “Decoding the FY24 DCPS Budget”

Elizabeth Corinth Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – Nov 16 2022

Hello, my name is Elizabeth Corinth. I am a ward 6 resident and the parent of three DCPS students at School-Within-School @ Goding, where I currently serve as the LSAT chair. As we prepare the DCPS budget allocations for FY24, we urgently need to address the insufficiency of the baseline budgets that schools receive.  I challengeContinue reading “Elizabeth Corinth Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – Nov 16 2022”