[WardFive] Important Education Announcements

Hello Ward 5!

Three Important Announcements/Reminders: 

• The State Board of Education will hold a meeting tomorrow evening, Wednesday, January 8th - agenda below. 

• This Saturday, January 11th there will be an Education Festival at the Convention Center from 9 to 5.  Here is the web page http://www.dcedufest.org/. While the promotional literature seems to focus on charter schools, DCPS is participating.  Please let me know if your school is going to be there.  

• The Student Assignment Advisory process includes working groups that are going to delve into the details in particular neighborhoods. The high schools will be impacted significantly by this process.  Please sign up for these working groups to make sure that there is a strong high school voice.  Three Working Groups will vet policy scenarios being considered by the Advisory Committee and discuss how they might impact neighborhoods, schools and families within specific geographic areas of the city. The working groups will address both DCPS and public charter schools (PCS) assignment and choice considerations.

These are the three working groups - the sign up is here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LzfudVdSQ5ybcOhI03n6INalRURsRNSDd3sTSXSmi94/viewform

•  Center City, DC [DCPS high schools that will be considered in this working group: Dunbar, Eastern, Cardozo and Wilson].
•  Upper NW/NE, DC [DCPS high schools that will be considered in this working group: Wilson, Roosevelt, Coolidge, and Cardozo].
•  East of the River, DC [DCPS high schools that will be considered in this working group: Anacostia, Ballou, Woodson and Eastern].

DCDC STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHEDULES FIRST WORKING SESSION OF 2014

Washington, DC – The District of Columbia State Board of Education (DCSBOE) will hold a working session to review issues coming before the State Board. The following issues will be covered at this meeting:

• Update on the need to review the current definition of "present" in the District's compulsory attendance rules;
• Update on the upcoming ESEA flexibility waiver renewal request; and
• Update on the search for an Ombudsman for Public Education.

The State Board will also close a portion of the meeting to receive counsel from its Attorney Advisor on upcoming legislative initiatives and to discuss personnel matters regarding State Board leadership in 2014.

The working session will be held on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 4:30pm at 441 4th Street NW, Room 1114.

Contact: Jesse B Rauch, Executive Director, 202-741-0884

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