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CHPSPO Meeting Notes – July 21, 2015

Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Maury Elementary July 21, 2015 OSSE Draft Parent Reports Gwen Rubinstein with OSSE, and Steve Cartwright, a contractor for OSSE, shared drafts of reports being designed for parents to help them understand their child’s test results under the new Partnership for Assessment for Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)Continue reading “CHPSPO Meeting Notes – July 21, 2015”

CHPSPO Meeting – July 21 at Maury ES

CHPSPO will meet on Tuesday, July 21, at 6:30 p.m. at Maury Elementary (1250 Constitution Ave., NE). We will be joined by Gwen Rubinstein from OSSE who will be sharing draft parent reports, and Faith Hubbard who is the new Student Advocate with the State Board of Education. Attached is the list of the PTAContinue reading “CHPSPO Meeting – July 21 at Maury ES”

CHPSPO Meeting Notes – June 16, 2015

Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization Jefferson Academy June 16, 2015 1. Public Education Reform Amendment Act (PERRA) Roundtable (June 22) We discussed the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences Summative Evaluation of the District of Columbia’s Public Schools. This evaluation was on the Public Education Reform Amendment Act (PERAA) of 2007Continue reading “CHPSPO Meeting Notes – June 16, 2015”

CHPSPO Meeting Tuesday May19

CHPSPO will meet on Tuesday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m. at Miner Elementary (601 15th Street, NE) in their library. We will have representatives from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute discuss the attached letter supporting a sales tax increase. They are asking if CHPSPO would be willing to sign on to the letter. According toContinue reading “CHPSPO Meeting Tuesday May19”

Committee on Education DRAFT Report and Recommendations on the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget for Agencies under Its Purview

> DRAFT Committee on Education FY16 Budget Report [PDF] as released May 13, 2015 > Facility Analysis Table [PDF] based on Councilmember Grosso’s proposed factors and measures for prioritizing projects in the FY2016-2021 Capital Improvement Plan > Recommendations and amendments to be voted on in Committee on Education Budget Markup, May 14, 2015

CHPSPO Meeting WEDNESDAY April 22

Hope everyone has been enjoying their Spring break! The CHPSPO April meeting will be held on WEDNESDAY, April 22, at School-Within-School (920 F Street, NE). The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m., and we’ll meet in the library. Scott Pearson and Josh Henderson from the Public Charter School Board will attend our meeting to discussContinue reading “CHPSPO Meeting WEDNESDAY April 22”

Letter to the Editor by CHPSPO founder, Suzanne Wells: Put controls in place regarding the approval of new D.C. public charters

The following letter to the editor, Put controls in place regarding the approval of new D.C. public charters, appeared online in the Washington Post on March 27, 2015. In the March 22 Local Opinions commentary “Why charters need traditional schools,” the executive director and the former chairman of the D.C. Public Charter School Board claimed, “WeContinue reading “Letter to the Editor by CHPSPO founder, Suzanne Wells: Put controls in place regarding the approval of new D.C. public charters”