Save the Date!

Councilmember Tommy Wells and State Board of Education Member Lisa Raymond invite you to a Ward 6 Education Forum: Developing an Agenda for Excellence in our Public Schools.

WHEN: Saturday, April 26, 2008, 10 am – 12:30 pm
WHERE: Miner Elementary, 601 15th Street, NE
Breakfast and babysitting will be provided free of charge.

Ward 6 is proud of its schools; yet, quality is inconsistent. Some children attend public schools throughout, from Pre-K to their high school graduation; but too many children continue in failing schools or their families choose an alternative to public school or even leave the ward when their children reach school-age.

Come participate in this Ward 6 Education Forum and let’s build an Agenda for Excellence together. Let us work together to ensure that every school and every classroom is excellent.

At the Forum, you will have the opportunity to engage in focused conversation around key topics such as:

- How do we serve our children best from ages 3 through grade 6?
- How can we strengthen our middle grades programs?
- What type of high school would serve the needs of Ward 6? One large high school? A traditional high school with a separate magnet program? Separate, smaller high schools in the same building? What types of magnet or other programs do we desire?
- How do we ensure that all Ward 6 families have the best possible choices for educating their children and that we support and encourage diversity in our schools?
- How do we give all of our families quality, walkable public school options? Do the current boundaries and feeder patterns make sense?

Download the flyer by clicking here and help spread the word. We hope to see you there! Please feel free to contact me, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or 724-8072, or Lisa Raymond, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or 460-9874, to learn more or get involved.

Readers have left 6 comments.

(1) Untitled
2008-04-07 15:00:38

Any chance of picking another date and/or offering an additional forum on date that is not the seventh day of Passover, when the memorial (Yizkor) prayer is recited by many Jews? Maybe doesn't affect too many people in Ward 6, but seems worth considering.

I don't attend meetings on Shabbat/Saturday anyway, though. If there is an additional meeting, please consider another day of the week.

thanks

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(2) Untitled
2008-04-07 20:13:58

Please make sure that you contact ALL the Ward 6 schools and their communities to ensure BROAD representation by ALL key STAKEHOLDERS!

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(3) Untitled
2008-04-08 10:22:29

It would be more informative if the DCPS Cluster Superintendents, were informed about this event so that they could mandate that each of the schools that are in Ward 6 be notified. Report Cards go out on April 11th so it would be nice to have each school put the flyer in with the Report Card distribution.

\n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ' title='Click to send email'>Written by Wendy Glenn ()

(4) Untitled
2008-04-08 21:14:43

Your language about what type of high school we want would lead a novice to Ward 6 education to believe that there isn't one in Ward 6. Have you dialogued with the Eastern High School Community? I'm aware that they've been planning for months to present a plan that drastically changes the structure and governance of the school. I hope you aren't placating one demographic over another!

\n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ' title='Click to send email'>Written by Marcus Manby ()

(5) Untitled
2008-04-09 15:22:21

This is a wonderful idea!

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(6) Untitled
2008-04-27 10:32:08

I attended this event and was very impressed by the brain-power and enthusiasm of everyone who attended. The ideas generated should help refine goals for the wider school community. Tommy mentioned during the event that perhaps we should do this annually. I think we should. Thanks to Tommy & Lisa Raymond for organizing this.

\n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ' title='Click to send email'>Written by Corey ()

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