Tag Archives: Advocacy

Letter to Senate from DC School Parent/Teacher Orgs Re $1B in Cuts to FY25

Sixty-five city-wide DCPS and charter school organizations and parents signed on to a letter asking US Senators to take action to restore the ability for DC to spend our own local tax dollars and continue to fund essential city services like schools, police and firefighters. Thank you to the families from the Capitol Hill ClusterContinue reading “Letter to Senate from DC School Parent/Teacher Orgs Re $1B in Cuts to FY25”

W6PSPO Meets Tuesday March 18 @ 7pm

Dear W6PSPO Community, We’re looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, Tuesday, March 18 at 7 pm via Zoom (Register/Join here).  We will primarily be discussing the $1B cut to DC’s current FY year budget, actions taken by leaders/residents and how you can help, and FY26’s budget. Our guests will be : Updates and Reminders: From Ward 6 CM CharlesContinue reading “W6PSPO Meets Tuesday March 18 @ 7pm”

Scott Goldstein EmpowerEd Testimony – COW Hearing on Teacher Turnover – Oct 25 2022

Testimony on Teacher and Principal Retention & Data Warehouse Amendment Act October 25, 2022 Scott Goldstein, Executive Director, EmpowerEd Good Afternoon Chairman Mendelson and Council Members. Today marks the third council hearing on teacher and principal retention in four years and the second on the Data Warehouse Amendment Act. At all of the previous hearings,Continue reading “Scott Goldstein EmpowerEd Testimony – COW Hearing on Teacher Turnover – Oct 25 2022”

Petition: DC School Communities Demand Safe Routes to School

Mayor Bowser, Councilmember Cheh, Chairman Mendelson, Director Lott, and DC leadership, DC students deserve to travel to and from school via safe routes, free from worry of being subjected to traffic violence. This should be viewed as a basic expectation for District families, as well as all District residents regardless of age or family situation.Continue reading “Petition: DC School Communities Demand Safe Routes to School”

Follow up (Letter to Mayor Bowser): Our Students and Schools Need More Funding, Not Cuts

April 7, 2021 Dear Mayor Bowser, We are reaching out on behalf of Ward education councils and community leaders across DC to request a meeting with you where we can discuss your administration’s plans for restoring school staff positions that were eliminated in FY22 school budget allocations and investing more in schools that have greatContinue reading “Follow up (Letter to Mayor Bowser): Our Students and Schools Need More Funding, Not Cuts”

PARCC is Officially Canceled This Year!

Dear DC School Community Members, It’s official! PARCC is canceled this year! Yesterday, the US Department of Education approved the waiver request submitted by the DC Office of the State Superintendent for Education.  Thank YOU ALL for your advocacy and support and thank you to the Ward Education Councils, PTO/LSAT and community leaders who helped getContinue reading “PARCC is Officially Canceled This Year!”

Upcoming Opportunities to Support DCPS School Staffing and Budgets

Dear DC School Community Members, Thank you for your support in demanding the city maintain the current staffing levels at all DCPS schools for the upcoming school year AND increase funding in schools serving students most impacted by the pandemic. 794 community members from 97 schools across all 8 wards have shown their support. Thank youContinue reading “Upcoming Opportunities to Support DCPS School Staffing and Budgets”

W6PSPO & Friends Support of OSSE PARCC Waiver Request

Acting Superintendent Young,  We (parents, educators and community members) strongly support the DC Office of the State Superintendent for Education (OSSE)’s request for a systemwide PARCC reading and math assessment waiver this spring 2021, and we agree with the request to suspend the calculating of new STAR ratings for SY 2020/2021. Between February 12 andContinue reading “W6PSPO & Friends Support of OSSE PARCC Waiver Request”

For Action: OSSE PARCC Waiver Requests are Open for Public Comment Through April 2, 2021

Good news! You can review OSSE’s requests for one-year waivers for PARCC testing HERE and provide comment via email to osse.assessment@dc.gov by April 2, 2021. It’s worth noting in the Statewide Assessment Waiver Request, OSSE proposes to: “Collect and share information transparently with the public on local interim assessments as well as a spectrum of previouslyContinue reading “For Action: OSSE PARCC Waiver Requests are Open for Public Comment Through April 2, 2021”