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Ruth Wattenberg represents Ward 3 on the DC State Board of Education. This is adapted from her May 10th newsletter. Subscribe by writing to ruth4schools@yahoo.com. Education budget coming The city’s budget process, which typically begins in March, will begin a delayed, somewhat truncated process, starting with Mayor Bowser submitting her new post-corona budget to the […]
(This post is sponsored by CommuniKids.) CommuniKids was the first school to offer a free pre-K3 education in Ward 3. It was also the second, and now, the third. It is opening a new early childhood education center at Cathedral Commons. This center, located at 3400 Idaho Avenue NW, will join its Tenleytown and UDC/Van […]
If you did not have enough to think about with the holiday season upon us, some of our nearby public and private schools are encouraging local families to consider where their kids will be next fall. Here are some of the schools hosting open houses over the next two weeks: Tonight: Parents and caretakers of […]
The journalists at Wilson High School’s student newspaper are no slouches. Just two weeks after the 2019-2020 school year began, The Beacon’s reporters and editors were off and running, publishing stories on record projected enrollment in the freshman class, a $23 million DCPS budget deficit, and at Wilson, a $170,000 shortfall after the school lost […]
We’re not in the habit of giving weekend chore assignments to our readers, but the end result will be cleaner garages, attics, closets and junk drawers. And it’s all for a good cause. The Hearst Elementary e-cycle is Saturday, November 16th. And as in previous years, it’s also a chance to clear out unused sports […]
DC Public Schools welcomed students back last week. Classes began this week at the neighborhood’s private schools – Burke, Sheridan and the new Whittle School. Whittle School & Studios welcomed its first class on Tuesday. Get a glimpse into some of yesterday's first day of school celebrations at our Shenzhen #WhittleSchool campus! ⬇️#WelcomeToWhittle pic.twitter.com/5EIhKilBkl — […]
Van Ness will be welcoming Eaton Elementary kids this fall while their school at 34th and Lowell Streets NW undergoes a two-year renovation and modernization. They will move into the trailers on the UDC campus that had been Murch Elementary’s swing space from 2016 to 2018. But first, the trailer complex at Van Ness Street […]
Whittle School can breathe a sigh of relief. Seven weeks after the District issued a stop-work order, the school has received the building permits needed to resume construction. Washington Business Journal’s Sara Gilgore reports: That means the school can open on schedule for classes after Labor Day, despite losing more than a month and a […]
Whittle School won’t be late for class, says its founder: Chris Whittle tells Washington Business Journal that the private international school will remain on track for its scheduled September 5th opening despite the February 27 stop-work order at Whittle School/former Intelsat HQ. And he tells the London Telegraph that he plans to open 30 such […]
by Marlene Berlin Permits question halts Whittle School construction: The DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) issued a stop-work order on February 27th because Whittle School did not have a local building permit. Founder Chris Whittle tells the Washington Post that the project doesn’t need one. The school is scheduled to open this […]
