Category Archives: General W6PSPO

Good Morning. I’m Kenyon Weaver, a parent at Maury Elementary and member of the Maury PTA, as well as the Maury SIT, or School Improvement Team. Last week, I provided testimony on how, while Maury is blessed with a strong community and high trust within our school, including our excellent Principal, administration and faculty, thatContinue reading “Kenyon Weaver Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

Good afternoon. My name is Dr. Jalan Washington Burton and I am a wife, mother, Ward 7 resident, physician consultant for one of the DC Medicaid programs, and a Pediatrician who practices in Ward 8 in Southeast DC. I have a background in pediatrics, public health, health disparities, and quality improvement. I am the Co-secretary of the TylerContinue reading “Dr. Jalan Washington Burton – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

My name is Elsa Falkenburger. I am the Communications co-chair for the Tyler Elementary PTA, chair of the newly formed Tyler Advocacy Subcommittee, and parent to one first grader, Lucie, and a rising preK-3 student, Theo. As my fellow Tyler parents have testified, I would like to reiterate how critical it is to ensure aContinue reading “Elsa Falkenburger Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

My name is Patrick Jackson. I am the current PTA President at Tyler Elementary. I’m a parent to a first grader at Tyler, and a parent of a hopefully incoming PK3 student as well. I am a lifetime resident of DC, and a 20 year resident of the Ward 6 neighborhood within Tyler’s boundary. OurContinue reading “Patrick Jackson Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

Councilmembers, thank you for holding this hearing and for inviting the public to testify. As I think you know, I have two children at citywide DCPS elementary School Within School at Goding. You are probably expecting me to talk about how SWS needs our modernization, but I’m going to leave that to my fellow SWSContinue reading “Anne Fitzpatrick Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

I am Valerie Jablow, a Ward 6 DCPS parent. In our latest lottery scandal, at least two public school leaders bypassed lottery rules and thus expressed contempt for the schools they oversaw and the public they served. Yet, instead of resigning when they thusly abused their power, they did so only months later, when itContinue reading “Valerie Jablow Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning. My name is Suzanne Wells, and I am the founder of the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization, a group that serves Ward 6. My daughter is in 7th grade at Eliot-Hine Middle School, our family’s in-bound neighborhood DC public school. The recent revelation that ChancellorContinue reading “Suzanne Wells Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to speak today at the DCPS Oversight hearing. I am Danica Petroshius, a parent of a second grader and a fourth grader at Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan (CHML) and Co-Vice President of the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization (CHPSPO). I echo the calls of my fellow CHML parentsContinue reading “Danica Petroshius Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

Thank you for the opportunity to testify at this Performance Oversight Hearing for DCPS. I am Iris Bond Gill, a parent of two at JO Wilson Elementary School and chair of the Upper Grades Committee of our school’s PTA. I’ll start by saying that for the first year I can recall, DCPS has listened toContinue reading “Iris Bond Gill Testimony – DCPS Performance Oversight Hearing – February 21, 2018”

The Advisory Group on Community Use of Public Space will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 6:00pm at the Capitol View Library, 5001 Central Ave SE, Washington, DC 20019. The Advisory Group, called together by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education and comprising residents of the District of ColumbiaContinue reading “Public Meeting Notice – Advisory Group on Community Use of Public Space”