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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 […]
If you or your kids attended the old Murch and you’d like to see the newly renovated school for yourself, your next chance to see it is coming up on Saturday, March 16th. That’s the date of the annual Murch auction. (The Hearst Elementary auction is March 23rd. They’re important fundraisers for both schools.) There’s […]
CommuniKids, which offers the only free pre-K3 program in Ward 3, is opening its second location on January 7th on the UDC campus, and it’s now accepting pre-K3 and pre-K4 applications for the 2019-2020 school year. CommuniKids is a Spanish-immersion preschool based in Tenleytown, at 4719 Wisconsin Avenue. The school has been providing free bilingual […]
The school moving into the former Intelsat headquarters at 4000 Connecticut Avenue has hosted a few open houses and meetings for the parents of prospective students. Its meeting this Wednesday is for the community. Members of the Whittle School & Studios leadership team, as well as Council member Mary Cheh and ANC 3F Commissioner David […]
As DCPS students head back to school today, Murch School students are heading into brand new classrooms at their old location, 36th and Davenport Streets. For many, it won’t be their first glimpse of the fully-modernized school. Students got a chance to drop off school supplies and meet their teachers last Friday. And on Saturday, […]
The ribbon-cutting event will begin 30 minutes earlier than previously advertised. Plan to show up at 2:30 p.m. for the ceremony and the festivities. In the two years since the renovation of Murch Elementary began, we’ve heard these two questions quite a bit: 1) Will it be ready in time for the 2018-2019 school year, […]
Parents of preschoolers in-bounds at Murch, Janney and other Ward 3 schools have learned over the years that the District’s “universal pre-K” is anything but universal. There’s often more demand than space in their neighborhood school’s pre-K4 classes. And for the three-year-old set, pre-K3 has been non-existent at Ward 3 public elementary and charter schools. […]
Here’s a question we’ve been getting a lot: Is the Murch School renovation going to be completed in time for the 2018-2019 school year? Murch’s principal has heard it too. And he has an answer: “Yes!” In an update on the renovation, Principal Chris Cebrzynski says he’s been told work on the building at 36th […]
