The Logan (ANC 2F), Dupont (ANC 2B), Foggy Bottom (ANC 2A) Education Network, along with the Logan Circle Community Association (LCCA) and the Dupont Circle Citizen Association (DCCA), are co-sponsoring a community education meeting on Saturday, September 21 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Luther Place Memorial Church – 1226 Vermont Avenue,… Read More »Joint ANC Education Forum, This Saturday at 10 a.m.
We in ANC 2F believe that strong public schools are the foundation of a vibrant community. In support of that goal, we passed the following resolution at our May meeting calling on the Mayor and City Council to modernize Garrison Elementary School in the Fiscal Year 2014 budget. The text… Read More »ANC 2F Supports Modernizing Garrison Elementary
Please join ANC 2F, ANC 2B, the Logan Circle Community Association (LCCA), and the Dupont Circle Citizens Association (DCCA) for a special joint meeting on Education on Saturday, May 11 from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at Luther Place Memorial Church, 1226 Vermont Avenue, NW (Thomas Circle). We are excited… Read More »Joint Education Meeting with DME Abigail Smith–Sat. May 11
This morning parents, community members, and I urged the City Council’s Education Committee to finally fully modernize Garrison Elementary. These improvements are long overdue. Garrison has not been renovated since it opened in the 1960s, and modernization has been delayed at least three times. DCPS’s proposal to finish improvements by 2022 is simply inadequate. … Read More »Now Is the Time to Modernize Garrison Elementary
I just received an email from the co-chair of our Education Committee, Evelyn Boyd Simmons, stating only the three words in that headline. Garrison Elementary School has apparently been spared closure, as had been proposed by D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson. (UPDATE: Here is the announcement.) Any way you… Read More »“Garrison is Saved!”
Commissioners from ANC 2F today announced their opposition to the proposed closure of Garrison Elementary School in a letter to Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson. In a shocking move, Henderson announced her proposal at 4 p.m. on Nov. 13 to close Garrison and 19 other schools.… Read More »Commissioners Oppose Closure of Garrison Elementary School
Councilmember Jack Evans and Acting Chancellor Kaya Henderson will be holding a Ward 2 “State of the Schools” event on Tuesday, June 7, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Garrison Elementary School. According to the organizers, “The purpose of this event is to strengthen partnerships between DCPS, our families… Read More »Ward 2 “State of the Schools” on Tuesday, June 7
What is your role in school reform? Ward 2 State of the Schools Event Tuesday, June 7 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. @ Garrison Elementary School Ward 2 Residents, Take the first step in working to improve your neighborhood schools by joining Councilmember Jack Evans and Acting Chancellor Kaya… Read More »What is your role in school reform?
We are hearing from more and more constituents who have interest in or are concerned about education issues in our neighborhoods. If the growing numbers of strollers and young faces on our streets are any indication, it’s a feeling that is shared by many more residents. As education reforms move… Read More »ANC, LCCA To Hold Education Meeting Dec. 1