School’s out! So let’s read about school. And specifically, about the former Wilson High School. In their reporting for The Beacon, Jackson-Reed High School’s excellent student journalists have been covering issues such as their school’s name change, which happened during the 2021-22 school year. The most recent update on that change was about the old […]
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The only school offering free pre-K3 in Ward 3 is expanding (Sponsored)
(This post is sponsored by CommuniKids.) If you have a small child, this headline probably got your attention. Parents who have participated in the DC Public Schools pre-K lottery know space is limited in Ward 3, and prior to 2017, none of the DCPS schools in Ward 3 offered pre-K3. That changed in August 2017, […]
Neighborhood in the News: Arrest in Days Inn shooting; “Grandfather of Black basketball” honored; Whittle School buildings set for foreclosure auction
An arrest in the Days Inn shooting case: Last Friday, MPD announced that there was a warrant out for the arrest of a suspect in the January 27th Days Inn shootings that left one person dead and four wounded. On Saturday, the police announced they had arrested that suspect, 18-year-old Gerald Thomas. The Washington Post, […]
Schools update: DCPS budgets and proposed fixes; A Covid testing success, and where it still needs work
Ruth Wattenberg represents Ward 3 on the DC State Board of Education (SBOE). This update is excerpted and adapted from her October 31st newsletter, which includes DC’s Covid-19 vaccination sites for 5- to 11-year-olds, the last calls for input on Wilson High School’s new name, and a survey on DC’s STAR school rating system. Subscribe […]
School updates: New ‘test to return’ requirement; Essential student journalism; UDC’s record gift
“Test to return” to DC Public Schools: On December 20th, DCPS extended the school system’s winter break by two days “to ensure appropriate time for testing.” Instead of holding classes, schools would be open on Monday, January 3rd and Tuesday, January 4th for the distribution of rapid antigen tests to students and staff. But covid […]
Meet Your Neighbors: An advocate for children and the homeless takes a neighborhood leadership role
When we introduced you in May to ANC 3F’s Schools and Universities Committee, its chair was James Tandaric. The leadership has changed. Tandaric is now an ANC 3F commissioner and Tvonne Donovan, a founding member of the committee, is now the committee’s chair. Like her predecessor, Donovan is interested in engaging and advocating for the […]
Schools update: Covid shots for 5- to 11-year-olds; Last chance to weigh in on Wilson High’s new name
Ruth Wattenberg represents Ward 3 on the DC State Board of Education (SBOE). This update is adapted from her October 31st newsletter, which includes DC’s Covid-19 vaccination sites for 5- to 11-year-olds, the last calls for input on Wilson High School’s new name, and a survey on DC’s STAR school rating system. Subscribe by contacting […]
School updates: The results of Cheh’s Ward 3 school-readiness checks; the problem with the “Summer Blitz”
Ruth Wattenberg represents Ward 3 on the DC State Board of Education. This is adapted from her August 29th newsletter. Subscribe by contacting her at ruth4schools@yahoo.com. Welcome back to everyone! Plus a special welcome to new families and new staff – and especially to our students. Some of our students are returning to schools they have […]
Murch and Eaton kids went to college for a couple of years. Now, their swing space at UDC is being dismantled.
For four of the past five years, UDC has shared one corner of its campus with a bunch of grade school kids. The university is getting that space back now. Workers are removing the trailers that served as swing space during the Murch Elementary and Eaton Elementary modernization projects. The trailers were installed on the […]
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 […]