How to plan a fantastic party on wheels with all your school friends…. Step 1: Mark your Calendar –> May 8, 7:30-8:15 AM @ Lincoln Park. Step 2: Register your school‘s event (or your participation in the Lincoln Park event)!! Step 3: Tell all your friends about Steps 1 and 2!
Category Archives: General W6PSPO
Goodbye CHPSPO, hello CHPSPO? Help us find a new name – please vote!
We’ve outgrown Capitol Hill and we’re long overdue for a name that reflects our work in support of Ward 6 schools and all of the students enrolled in our schools (and across the city!). Help us by voting on the suggestions submitted by our community!
Betsy Wolf Testimony – OSSE Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2019
There are few issues in education in DC right now that are as clearly problematic at the new OSSE school report cards and 5-star school ratings. For some background, I am a parent at Amidon-Bowen, but I am also an educational researcher who cleans and analyzes student achievement data as part of my day job.Continue reading “Betsy Wolf Testimony – OSSE Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2019”
CHPSPO Meets Tuesday, February 12, at the Wilson Building
Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Members, We’re doing things a little differently this month. CHPSPO is meeting on the 2nd Tuesday of the month (this Tuesday, February 12), and we’re going to have our meeting in hearing room 120 at the Wilson building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW). The meeting will run from 6:30Continue reading “CHPSPO Meets Tuesday, February 12, at the Wilson Building”
CHPSPO Meeting Notes – December 2018 and January 2019
Miner Elementary School – 601 15th Street, NE January 15, 2019 – 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. 2019 Performance Oversight and Budget Hearings, Laura Marks and Anne Phelps Budget Presentation. See presentation. Important to make priorities heard by Mayor before it is transmitted to Council (March 20), as agencies are formulating their budget now. Citizen prioritiesContinue reading “CHPSPO Meeting Notes – December 2018 and January 2019”
CHPSPO Meets January 15 @ Miner Elementary
Hope everyone is enjoying the snow day! CHPSPO will meet on January 15 from 6:30 – 8 pm at Miner Elementary (601 15th St., NE). This will be our annual budget discussion, and Laura Marks, Chief of Staff for Councilmember Allen, and Anne Phelps, Budget Counsel at Office of the Budget Director, will join usContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets January 15 @ Miner Elementary”
CHPSPO Meets tonight – Tuesday, December 18 @ Capitol Hill Montessori@Logan (215 G Street, NE)
Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Members, CHPSPO will meet on Tuesday, December 18, at Capitol Hill Montessori (215 G Street, NE). We will be joined by representatives from the Office of the Student Advocate for a discussion of the Safe Passages to Schools program. We will also be discussing promoting collaboration among theContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets tonight – Tuesday, December 18 @ Capitol Hill Montessori@Logan (215 G Street, NE)”
CHPSPO Meeting Notes – November 19, 2018
Payne Elementary School, 1445 C Street, SE November 19, 2018, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. 1. DDOT’s Safe Routes to School Program (https://ddot.dc.gov/saferoutes), Amber Gove. Steps to getting DDoT support for traffic issues 1) Traffic safety investigation via 311 ticketà https://311.dc.gov/ 2) Traffic calming petition – 75% of houses on block(s) need to sign àContinue reading “CHPSPO Meeting Notes – November 19, 2018”
Linsey Silver Testimony – DCPS Public Budget Hearing – November 27, 2018
Chancellor Alexander and officials of DC Public Schools thank you for allowing me to testify today. My name is Linsey Silver and I am the Director of Teaching and Learning at the DC Language Immersion Project ( http://www.dcimmersion.org ) and 10 year parent at Tyler Elementary. DC Immersion is a non-profit that works toward aContinue reading “Linsey Silver Testimony – DCPS Public Budget Hearing – November 27, 2018”
Suzanne Wells Testimony – DCPS Public Budget Hearing on FY20 – November 27, 2018
Thank you for the opportunity to testify this evening. My name is Suzanne Wells. I have a daughter in the 8th grade at Eliot-Hine Middle School, and I’m the president of the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization (CHPSPO). For the past year, Grace Hu, a member of CHPSPO, has organized a coalition of parentsContinue reading “Suzanne Wells Testimony – DCPS Public Budget Hearing on FY20 – November 27, 2018”
Ward 6 Public School Parents Organization 