[WardFive] Re: Ward 5 calls for a moratorium on school closures Re: [ward5] Fw: Letter - Councilmember Alexander Supports Moratorium on School Closures in Ward 7

I have a Dream --

 

Therefore as the Councilmember for Ward 5, I am calling for a moratorium on school closures in Ward because I have b(integrity)*lls, pending a detailed public report analyzing the outcomes of the 2008 school closures, the opportunity for public commentary sessions on both school assessment and proposed future closings, as well as the disclosure of a full list of proposed school closures within Ward 5 for the present and coming term.  In addition, I would like to know all options that have been exhausted before we decided to close the schools we are choosing to close.

 

For our meeting, I am also bringing along Erich Martel, a retired DCPS teacher who is well versed in the issues at hand and anyone else in our community who would like to be present to hear the answers from the person we pay.

 

Without any doubt, I am expecting that my community who are concerned about our schools and the education of our children and their children to step forward and support my leadership on this.  It is time that we stopped playing politics with our children's future, including our Community's Assets.

Ward 5 Council Member -- because I was allowed to serve my Community and not be a puppet and because Rob Ramson believes that I am capable enough to stand on my own - and I will as soon as I remember that I learned everthing that I ever needed to know about decency in kindergarden!!

Our Kids Deserve it.  Hell folks died so that I could be educated and have the ability to sit on the Council to protect the rights of future generations.

 

My name is Kenyan Mcduffee --I represent - I do what I was elected to do - represent the needs of my Ward.

 

Rob

 

 

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:52 PM, stephanie rones <stephanierones@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

It would not be wise, fair or prudent to repose so much trust and responsibility in our new Councilmember. He is still trying to get his sea legs.

 

School closures are a community battle and all hands need to be on deck with bayonets loaded. Otherwise, our community will come up short (again).

 

Kids must come first and this closing chaos, disruption and dilatory tactics need to stop.

 

Note which Wards are not included on the list.

 

 

From: "kingjulianne@yahoo.com" <kingjulianne@yahoo.com>
To: ward5@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: Ward 5 calls for a moratorium on school closures Re: [ward5] Fw: Letter - Councilmember Alexander Supports Moratorium on School Closures in Ward 7

 

Please forgive me, but I want to remind the listserv that the primary concept of my brief campaign for city council revolved around a moratorium on permanent school closures.  This is an assault on our children's future.  I have a child in DCPS to protect, so I can't say much now.  We need our Councilman to step out and slay the dragon of school privatization.  Will he do it?

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----- Reply message -----From: "KPW" <WKPW3@aol.com>To: <ward5@yahoogroups.com>Subject: Ward 5 calls for a moratorium on school closures Re: [ward5] Fw: Letter - Councilmember Alexander Supports Moratorium on School Closures in Ward 7Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2012 7:14 PM

 

Well, I guess we start calling for a moratorium on the listserves.  Perhaps the Ward 5 Council on Education, if they haven't already, take the lead on drafting a resolution or something calling for a moratorium.  Maybe there are other groups that can do the same.  How about ANCs before the January redistricting switch, civic associations, business groups, community organizations, PTAs, CDCs, and other groups could do their own call for a moratorium.

KPW

-----Original Message-----From: Debbie Smith-Steiner <DLSmith112@msn.com>To: ward5 <ward5@yahoogroups.com>Sent: Fri, Nov 2, 2012 7:02 pmSubject: Re: Has Ward 5 called for a moratorium on school closures? Re: [ward5] Fw: Letter - Councilmember Alexander Supports Moratorium on School Closures in Ward 7

 

Ask CM McDuffie through his CoS when he first took office.  And then again on this listserveSuccess is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed.

       Booker T. Washington

On Nov 2, 2012, at 6:36 PM, KPW <WKPW3@aol.com> wrote:

Does there need to be a vote by some group in order to get a moratorium or is it understood?  We took a major hit before when Councilmember Thomas' first term?  Is this going to be a pattern that school closings are proposed when Ward 5 gets a new councilmember and before he has been in office long enough to be a major force on the council (which our councilmember will eventually become, of course)?

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Subject: [ward5] Fw: Letter - Councilmember Alexander Supports Moratorium on School Closures in Ward 7 [2 Attachments]

 

[Attachment(s) from stephanie rones included below]

 

Thanks,

Stephanie Kristina Rones

Stephanie Rones

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Subject: Letter - Councilmember Alexander Supports Moratorium on School Closures in Ward 7

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November 2, 2012

 

 

Kaya Henderson, Chancellor

District of Columbia Public Schools

1200 First Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002

 

Dear Ms. Henderson:

 

On October 4, 2012, the Ward 7 Education Council held a general body meeting with Ward 7 residents and community stakeholders and adopted a motion calling for a moratorium on the closing of schools in Ward 7.  The resolution reads, "We hereby request on behalf of parents, students and community stakeholders in Ward 7, that no schools are closed in Ward 7 until a school reform plan based on a genuine analysis of student achievement by class is advanced by Ward 7 constituents, parents and community stakeholders at-large."

 

This motion has been duly adopted by participants in the Ward 7 Community Conversation held by Deputy Mayor for Education De'Shawn Wright in response to the IFF quality schools report.  This report, as stated in its key findings, is simply a "supply and demand analysis."  It provides a quantitative summary of data from a single indicator, the District of Columbia Comprehensive Assessment System (DC CAS).  Consequently, it cannot and does not explain the present state of our schools, nor can it be valued as a comprehensive assessment of school quality.

 

I have received numerous complaints from residents who feel that they have not been sufficiently informed about District of Columbia Public Schools' intended response to the pronouncements in the IFF report, and have not had the opportunity to participate in any public commentary sessions addressing the outcomes of the last round of public school closures.

 

Children and families in Ward 7 endured the closure of twenty-three (23) schools city-wide in 2008 and the resulting adverse impacts.  Today, Ward 7 residents again stand to be disproportionately affected and adversely impacted by further consolidation of traditional public schools.

 

Therefore as the Councilmember for Ward 7, I support the Ward 7 Education Council's resolution calling for a moratorium on school closures in Ward 7, pending a detailed public report analyzing the outcomes of the 2008 school closures, the opportunity for public commentary sessions on both school assessment and proposed future closings, as well as the disclosure of a full list of proposed school closures within Ward 7 for the present and coming term.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Yvette M. Alexander

Councilmember – Ward 7

 

 

Cc:       Mayor Vincent C. Gray

            Deputy Mayor De'Shawn Wright

Chairman Phil Mendelson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiffany B. Watson

Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander Ward 7

Council of the District of Columbia

Director of Communications

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 400

Washington, D.C. 20004

(202) 724-8068 - Main Office

(202) 741-0911 - Fax

www.yvettealexander.org

Twitter: @CMAlexanderNews

 

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