Category Archives: General W6PSPO

I have been a member of the Deputy Mayor for Education’s Cross Sector Collaboration Task Force for the last two years and am testifying on the efficacy of the proposals currently being considered. There are many recommendations from the Task Force being pushed out for public comment at the same time and only one meetingContinue reading “Caryn Ernst Testimony – DME Performance Oversight Hearing – February 13 2018”

Chairman Grosso and Members of the DC Council Committee on Education, My name is Mark Simon, longtime DCPS parent and public education advocate, and now an education policy associate at the Economic Policy Institute. The DME’s Cross Sector Task Force represents one of her major responsibilities and hopes. It had big problems to address: InefficiencyContinue reading “Testimony of Mark Simon – DME and PCSB Performance Oversight Hearing – February 13 2018”

My name is Valerie Jablow. As a DCPS parent and Ward 6 taxpayer, I want to ask you some questions, as you are charged with oversight of our education agencies. Last week[1], council members spoke with the DCPS chancellor about pressure on teachers to pass students and attendance policies not being followed. I appreciate theContinue reading “Valerie Jablow Testimony – DME and PCSB Performance Oversight Hearing – February 13 2018”

Great for HS students looking for volunteer hours….. The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site is celebrating the Bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’ birth all year long, however, we plan to "kick-off" the event on Saturday, February 17th and Sunday, February 18th. In order to make these events a smashing success, we are looking for VOLUNTEERS! YouContinue reading “National Park Service – Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Call for VOLUNTEERS”

On Sunday, January 14, 2018 8:32 PM, Suzanne Wells <m.godec@att.net> wrote: Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization members, CHPSPO will meet on Tuesday, January 16, from 6:30 – 8 pm at Brent Elementary (301 North Carolina Ave., SE). We will be joined by Michelle Edwards, Executive Director of Live It Learn It, a non-profitContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets Tuesday, January 16 @ Brent”

Thank you for the opportunity to speak today at the Roundtable on Graduation Rate Accountability. I am Danica Petroshius, a parent of a second grader and a fourth grader at Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan (CHML) and a co-Vice President of CHPSPO. As a future high school parent on the outside looking in on thisContinue reading “Testimony of Danica Petroshius – Committee on Education Roundtable Graduation Rate Accountability – December 15, 2017”

On Thursday, December 14, 2017 10:14 PM, Suzanne Wells <m.godec@att.net> wrote: Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization members, CHPSPO will have its last meeting of 2017 on Tuesday, December 19, at Stuart-Hobson (410 E Street, NE). We have been invited by the Capitol Hill Cluster School to attend a reading group discussion on theContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets December 19 @ Stuart-Hobson”