Category Archives: DC Budget

DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Joe Weedon – Maury ES

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. My name is Joe Weedon. I’m here today as a parent of two students at Maury Elementary School and as a member of the Eliot-Hine MS LSAT. I serve as the Maury PTA’s Middle School Committee Chair and as Maury ES representative on DCPS’s Eliot-Hine Collaboration Team. I am also aContinue reading “DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Joe Weedon – Maury ES”

DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Danica Petroshius – CHML

Thank you Mayor Gray, Deputy Mayor Smith and Superintendent Aguirre for holding this important hearing. I am Danica Petroshius, President of the Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan PTSO and parent of two children at the school – one in Kindergarten and one in preschool 3. I am here, like Khai, because we want to workContinue reading “DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Danica Petroshius – CHML”

DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Kevin White – CHCS

Good evening.  My name is Kevin White and I am here to represent the 540 students at Watkins Elementary in Ward 6. This winter was hard at Watkins.  Frigid temperatures and windy polar vortices were challenging for our 50 year old windows and burdened heating system.  Just last week, several classrooms spent instructional time andContinue reading “DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Kevin White – CHCS”

DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Elizabeth Bacon, CHCS

I am Elizabeth Bacon, and I’m here to represent the PTA and LSAT at the Capitol Hill Cluster School.  We are a PK3 through 8th grade school with 1,300 students at three campuses — with steady enrollment, strong test scores, healthy vertical integration, and the ability to attract students from all over the city. WeContinue reading “DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Elizabeth Bacon, CHCS”

CHPSPO Meeting Notes – February 12, 2014

Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Amidon-Bowen Elementary School 401 I Street, SW February 12, 2014 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Update on school boundaries and feeder patterns – Abigail Smith (Deputy Mayor for Education (DME)); Claudia Lujan (Deputy Mayor for Education’s office); Denise Forte and Martin Welles (Ward 6 representatives to Advisory Committee) http://dme.dc.gov/book/student-assignment-and-school-boundaries-review-process AbigailContinue reading “CHPSPO Meeting Notes – February 12, 2014”

DCPS Libraries Win Big – by Peter MacPherson

Dear Friends: Our 16-month long advocacy effort on behalf of school libraries has paid off big! DCPS has found $3.4 million to spend on school libraries. Cardozo, Dunbar, Wilson, Woodson, Eastern and Anacostia high schools will be receiving opening day collections, which is between 9,000 and 14,000 volumes depending on enrollment. Kramer, Eliot-Hine and JeffersonContinue reading “DCPS Libraries Win Big – by Peter MacPherson”

Testimony For Apr 17, 2013 Council Hearing On School Budget By Committee On Education – By Joe Weedon

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION   OVERSIGHT HEARING The Proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Budget of the District of Columbia Public Schools   Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:00 am     Hearing Room 500, John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Testimony of Joe Weedon, Parent Maury Elementary School Thank you, Chairman Catania andContinue reading “Testimony For Apr 17, 2013 Council Hearing On School Budget By Committee On Education – By Joe Weedon”

Testimony For Apr 17, 2013 Council Hearing On School Budget By Committee On Education – By Valerie Jablow

I am Valerie Jablow, and my two children attend the Capitol Hill Cluster School, which has 1,200 students from preK through grade 8. Like many in DC, our school’s budget has been cut, resulting in numerous teacher layoffs. Our PTA now projects spending a majority of its money this coming school year to pay forContinue reading “Testimony For Apr 17, 2013 Council Hearing On School Budget By Committee On Education – By Valerie Jablow”

Testimony For Apr 17, 2013 Council Hearing On School Budget By Committee On Education – By Martin Welles

DC Council Hearing on DCPS SY14 Budget April 17, 2013 Testimony by Martin Welles Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.  I am testifying on behalf of the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization about concerns we have with the DCPS SY14 budget.  Our testimony today focuses onContinue reading “Testimony For Apr 17, 2013 Council Hearing On School Budget By Committee On Education – By Martin Welles”