Category Archives: General W6PSPO

Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Members, CHPSPO will meet on Tuesday, May 15, at Jefferson Middle School Academy (801 7th St., SW) from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. We will have an informal discussion with Michael Bekesha a candidate for the Ward 6 City Councilmember position. Unfortunately, Lisa Hunter and Charles Allen will notContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets Tuesday, May 15, at Jefferson Middle School Academy”

Thank you Councilmember Grosso and committee members for the chance to testify today. As recent events have highlighted, DCPS needs steady leadership from someone who knows our city and system, and can deliver what parents, students and teachers need most: quality, safe schools that meet the needs of all students. This is also an electionContinue reading “Amber Gove Testimony, DCPS Budget Hearing, April 11, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to share my perspective. I’m the parent of a 10th grader at Eastern and an 8th grader at Eliot-Hine. I’m the PTO secretary at the former, the PTO president at the latter, and LSAT secretary for both schools. I have been involved in improving public schools since 2005. Middle SchoolContinue reading “Heather Schoell Written Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – April 19, 2018”

I’m writing today to advocate for Eliot-Hine Middle School, an International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Ward 6 that draws a significant number of students from Wards 7 & 8. As an IB school, our curriculum is based around 8 core content areas, and though it aligns with the Common Core standards, the way that contentContinue reading “Kristina Vidal Written Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – April 19, 2018”

Good morning Members of DC Council, thank you for allowing us to come and testify here today. My name is Mike Kruger and I am a parent of a first grader and rising EC-3 student at J.O. Wilson Elementary. I am proud of the J.O. Wilson community and, like many parents, feel that the physicalContinue reading “Michael N. Kruger Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – April 19, 2018”

Good Afternoon Members of DC Council, thank you for allowing us to come and testify here today. My name is Kaylynn Flemons and I am a 5th grade student in the wonderful school, J.O. Wilson Elementary. I have attended J.O. Wilson for the entirety of my academic career thus far, going as far back toContinue reading “Kaylynn Flemons Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – April 19, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Suzanne Wells. My daughter is in 7th grade at Eliot-Hine Middle School, our family’s in-bound neighborhood DC public school. I am on the school’s LSAT. Last night four Eliot-Hine students attended and reported on the America’s Promise Alliance gala that was at the Newseum.Continue reading “Suzanne Wells Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – April 19, 2018”

Chairman Grosso, Councilman Allen, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I really appreciate this opportunity since I was out of town for spring break during the original DCPS Budget Oversight hearing in late March. I am not an education policy expert or an education budget analyst. This is ourContinue reading “Katy Thomas Testimony – DCPS Budget Hearing – April 18, 2018”