Category Archives: DCPS

DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Martin Welles, Amidon-Bowen ES

Good Evening Mayor Gray, Deputy Mayor for Education Smith, and State Superintendent of Education Aguirre: My name is Martin R. Welles, Esq. and I have three children at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School and am President of the PTA.  While I am primarily testifying today on behalf of my interest in improving Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, it shouldContinue reading “DC Public Schools FY15 Budget Hearing Testimony by Martin Welles, Amidon-Bowen ES”

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 Lottery – My School DC Deadlines in Feb and March

Planning on applying to a DC Public school for school year 2014-15 via the lottery (https://apply.myschooldc.dc.gov/)? Apply now! Note the deadline for high school grades (9-12) is February 3, 2014 and the deadline for early childhood, elementary and middle school (grades PS3-8) is March 3, 2014. Visit the DCPS website or http://www.myschooldc.org/ for details.

CHPSPO Meeting Notes – November 19, 2013

Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Ludlow-Taylor Elementary 659 G Street, NE November 19, 2013 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. 1. School Boundaries and Feeder Patterns – Open discussion –          Background: DME’s press release and materials: http://dme.dc.gov/DC/DME/Initiatives+and+Priorities/Statewide+Commission+on+Children+Youth+and+Their+Families/Student+Assignment+and+School+Boundaries+Review+Process –          ACTION: Sign up for focus groups and working groups –          ACTION: Volunteers will work on survey forContinue reading “CHPSPO Meeting Notes – November 19, 2013”