Re: [WardFive] Join the conversation on improving Ward 5 schools (IFF closure recommendations), Tuesday at 6pm at Providence Hospital

Although this meeting has been purposely and benignly titled "A Community Conversation" to de-emphasize the importance of the real topic of the meeting  which is the IFF study (commissioned by the Deputy Mayor's Office).  The IFF study recommends the closure of 37 public schools - most if not all in African-American communities.

The community should and must participate in this dialouge  and more importantly be there to raise fundamental questions about the validity of this IFF study which was funded by the Walton Family Foundation; Where is the objectivity in a study that is paid for by the same foundation that supports and funds charter schools yet pushes for closure or charter take over of public schools?  Why are the Deputy Mayor and DCPS seeking the recommendations of IFF, a real-estate consulting company, to guide educational reform in DC?  These are just a couple of questions that need to be raised tomorrow night.

Hope to see you all there,
Maria P. Jones
Ward 5 Parent

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Subject: [WardFive] Join the conversation on improving Ward 5 schools, Tuesday at 6pm at Providence Hospital

You are invited to a Community Conversation

 on Quality Education in Ward 5

 

for more info and to RSVP

please go to

http://dcward5.eventbrite.com/

(Thank you to those who have already RSVPed!)

 

Please join us Tuesday, July 31,  6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

 

Refreshments will be served

 

Children are welcome

 

Providence Hospital

Ground floor lecture hall

1150 Varnum Street NE

(or use 12^th St entrance)

Washington, DC 20017

 

HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL CHILDREN IN DC

HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION?

 

JOIN US TO DISCUSS:

 

- What needs to be done to improve our kids' educational opportunities; and

- How parents, students, educators, employers and other community leaders in DC can work together to improve opportunities for young people.

 

Please come and let your voice be heard!

 

Sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education

Hosted by the Ward Five Council on Education

With funding from the CityBridge Foundation

Co-sponsored by the Woodridge South Community Association,

the 5th District Citizens' Advisory Council, and the Ward 5 Democrats

 

 

To join the Ward Five Council on Education, click here: http://groups.google.com/group/ward5coe-members/  

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Shelagh Bocoum

Public Relations Officer

Ward Five Council on Education

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