Did you know that the Deputy Mayor for Education (De’Shawn Wright) has hired a Chicago based firm to do a study on how DC neighborhoods are served by the public school system ? (traditional, public and charter)
The information found by this study will be used to make a case to close schools in the District and/or to turn them over to National Charter School Managers
This study will be looking at school’s test scores to determine if a school is “performing” or not. They will not take into consideration other ways that a school is excelling for its students, parents and community
The numbers below reflect the number of “under performing DCPS schools” by Ward
Ward 1 = 8 schools, Ward 2 = 3 schools, Ward 3 = 0 schools, Ward 4 = 11 schools, Ward 5 = 11 schools, Ward 6 = 11 schools,
Ward 7 = 20 schools, Ward 8 = 20 schools
You should be concerned about the possible impact to your school and community!
Please attend Thursday, November 3rd
for an Empowerment Circle to:
for an Empowerment Circle to:
Inform yourself on what is going on with this study and school closures
Learn and plan action steps you can take at your school
Connect with other concerned parents and community members from around the city working against school closures
When – Thursday November 3, 2011 Where – Benning Road/Dorothy Height Library 3935 Benning Road, NE – Walking distance from Minnesota Ave. Metro (Orange line) Time – 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
Feel free to distribute this information to your school and community!
4 comments:
Why should we?
What about children who are less capable of academically but have the desire to attend public schools?
Do they not get their right to it?
Why the government is not more creative to serve their own people?
If the government is not creative in managing the education system, why people should be sacrificed?
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We need to close schools quickly. We have wayyyy too many and it is draining the budget.
The reason Ward 3 has zero closures coming up is because its excess schools were closed in great numbers years ago.
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