Category Archives: General W6PSPO

I’m Sarah Livingston, one of DC’s voting, taxpaying citizens from Ward 6. This past Saturday, I saw a film called “A Backpack Full of Cash” that documents some of the ways that public education in our country is being privatized including by charter schools. It does a great job of showing, in Philadelphia for example,Continue reading “Testimony of Sarah Livingston – Committee on Education Public Charter School Board Budget Hearing – May 4, 2017”

  I am Valerie Jablow, a DCPS parent. I am testifying about the poor public engagement, civic planning, and fiscal responsibility of the charter board. Here, I will outline these problems—with specific solutions in footnote 5 of my testimony you have been handed. –Applicants for charter schools are required to demonstrate a need that onlyContinue reading “Valerie Jablow Testimony – Education Committee Hearing on Public Charter School Board Budget – May 4, 2017”

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.  My name is Suzanne Wells, and I have a daughter who is a 6th grader at Eliot-Hine Middle School. Last week at the DCPS budget hearing, as Councilmember Grosso well knows, there were nearly 180 people who signed up to testify.  Having just six people testify todayContinue reading “Testimony of Suzanne Wells – Committee on Education Public Charter School Board Budget Hearing – May 4, 2017”

Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization members, I hope everyone had a restful spring break. CHPSPO will meet on Tuesday, April 25, at 6:30 pm at Miner Elementary (601 15th St. NE). We will be joined by Denise Fraction and Sherry Holland-Senter with the AARP Foundation Experience Corps who will be discussing their literacyContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets April 25 at Miner”

The Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization will meet on Tuesday, March 21 at Stuart Hobson Middle School (410 D Street, NE) in Room 108. Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen will join us for the meeting. We will also be joined by Joe Weedon, Ward 6 State Board of Education, who will be discussing theContinue reading “CHPSPO meets Tuesday, March 21 at Stuart Hobson”

Keeping an eye on local education issues? Mark your calendars for important dates below. Thank you, Laura Marks, CM Allen’s Chief of Staff, for the heads up! Council Committee on Education Public Hearing Thursday, March 23, 2017, 10:00AM, Room 500 B22-0027 – Public School Health Services Amendment Act of 2017 B22-0062 – Health Literacy Council Establishment ActContinue reading “Important upcoming DC education events”

Dear Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Members, Wanted to remind everyone that Hansuel Kang, the Director of the Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s (OSSE) will attend the February 21 CHPSPO meeting (6:30 pm at Capitol Hill Montessori@Logan, 215 G Street, NE) to discuss the accountability framework OSSE is proposing to use forContinue reading “CHPSPO Meets February 21 at Capitol Hill Montessori@Logan – Accountability Framework”