It’s Small Business Month. Our suggestions for celebrating include: Trying out a new restaurant or dining out at a longtime fave. Shopping the microbusinesses selling wares at Van Ness Main Street’s Pop-Up Artisan Market on May 10th. Looking for plush bees at 15 businesses on the VNMS corridor and span their QR codes. The more […]
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Neighbors Recommend: “Feast Your Ears,” the WHFS documentary
by Mark Moran Fifty years ago, circa early 1973 when I was about to turn 13, a friend of mine known for eccentric traits and tastes urged me to listen to an FM radio station that was nothing like the AM pop music stations I was used to. I tuned in, expecting nothing special, and […]
Rock Creek Conservancy: Protecting a DC oasis – and the “lungs” of the city
by Mark Moran Rock Creek Park is an oasis in the city, in more ways than one. “One of my greatest pleasures is to go alone into the peaceful setting at Reservation 630 West in Rock Creek Park, planning for volunteers who will help with the removal of invasive plants that will allow native plants […]
Neighborhood in the News: The cons of reversible lanes and DC safety commitments; A relay race celebrates Covid resilience
We write letters: DDOT is set to make a decision soon about the fate of the Connecticut Avenue reversible lanes. Mark Moran, who writes about education for Forest Hills Connection, recently wrote a Washington Post op-ed arguing that the reversible lane needs to go. Whatever DDOT decides, safety improvements are not guaranteed. ANC 3F chair […]
ANC 3F draft resolution supports UDC’s campus plan, with conditions
When ANC 3F meets on June 15th, commissioners will be considering three draft resolutions presented at the May meeting. Two of them focus on Mayor Bowser’s FY 2022 budget. The draft resolution on schools funding includes a request that DC maintain or increase funding levels so schools can maintain their current staffing, and increasing funding […]
ANC 3F forms schools and universities committee to be an educator, student and parent ally
by Mark Moran Issues faced by the neighborhood’s public and private schools – as well as UDC and Howard University’s law school – are the focus of a newly formed ANC 3F committee of residents and commissioners. And they are seeking the support, input and guidance of parents, educators and other neighbors. “The schools and […]
School update: As teachers get second vaccine round, concerns about classroom safety remain; State Board of Ed rep calls on DCPS to fund outdoor classrooms
by Mark Moran Approximately 3,100 educators – teachers and staff – were given the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the first week of February, according to District of Columbia Public Schools officials who spoke to educators and parents at a February 8th virtual meeting of the Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education […]
School update: Mayor Bowser touts DCPS Feb. 1 reopening plan, teachers get vaccinated, and their union takes safety concerns to a mediator
by Mark Moran “We have the best [school] reopening plan in the country, that’s not an exaggeration,” declared DC Mayor Muriel Bowser during a January 11th virtual meeting hosted by the Ward 3 Democrats and teachers and parents from the Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education Network. Bowser answered questions from attendees about a range of issues, […]
DCPS offering seats for a Feb. 1 return to in-person learning
This week, DC Public Schools will begin contacting parents and guardians with offers of in-person classroom seats for the next term, which begins February 1st. “[E]very school will offer a range of in-person learning options and services for students,” said DC Public Schools in a January 10th update. A mid-December agreement between DCPS and its […]
School update: No Nov. 9 return to school but DCPS continues to plan for “CARE Classrooms”
by Mark Moran This was to have been the first day of in-school instruction for thousands of DC children. Instead, DC Public Schools (DCPS) has withdrawn plans for the November 9 partial reopening after outcry from parents, teachers, and school administrators. In a November 2 email to the DCPS community, Chancellor Lewis Ferebee wrote that […]