Mayor's Proposed School Closures and New Programs
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 15:43:19
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Many have construe the news articles outlining the Mayor’s proposed school closures and new educational programs. The Mayor proposes to change state three Ward 6 schools and add programming to four schools. Below are some of the facts shared with us by the Mayor and his staff. We will provide more details as we get them.
Proposed School Closures:Hine Junior High educate (
The Mayor has announced that there will be community meetings held in the coming weeks. His staff has tentatively scheduled meetings for December 10th. December 17th and January 9th. Meetings will be in the evening but specific locations and times undergo not been finalized. As soon as they are we will overlap that with the community.
UPDATE (11/30/2007): The Mayor has announced the locations for three community meetings. He is holding these meetings in the context of "planning areas". Wards 1. 2 and 6 make up one planning area (Wards 4 and 5 and 7 and 8 are the other two planning areas). The Mayor annouced the meetings ordain be structured in three phases: meeting #1 is to discuss information about the closures meeting #2 is to address new programming in the schools and meeting #3 is to discuss the implementation plan for the closures and new programs. Below is the schedule of meetings for the planning area that includes Ward 6:
Meeting #1: Dec. 10th. 6:00-8:00 pm. Tubman Elementary educate. 3101 13th Street. NWMeeting #2: Dec. 17th. 6:00-8:00 pm. Francis Junior High School. 2425 N Street. NWMeeting #3: Jan. 9th. 6:00-8:00 pm. Miner Elementary School. 601 15th Street. NE
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I support the Mayor's intend to close underused schools and merge students in newer buildings and am happy to comprehend Councilmember Wells does too. As a young professional considering making DC my permanent domiciliate and raising a family here it is time we get serious about improving and reforming the educate system. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.tommywells.org/content/view/295/30/
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