Ward 6 parents request to Catania and Henderson on Middle Schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, why is Capitol Hill Parents capitalized and why does CHPSPO seem to think that it is speaking on behalf of all Capitol Hill Parent?

I'm IB for the Cluster and this is the first I've heard of any of this. What gives?

Are you asking us to guess why you were unaware? If so, I'll go with lack of interest.

I haven't been able to help knowing about CHPSO and their activities the last few years. Skull and Bones they are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the price of our homes (and those $1M homes pay a lot of property tax), it is not acceptable for there to be no decent middle school to high school feed in Ward 6.

Agreed. But CHPSPO and its self appointed (anointed) group is not representative of the parents it purports to speak on behalf of. Further, the way CHPSPO did it last time (in 2010) was an utter failure, and they are going down the same road again.

Next you'll tell me Jesse Jackson doesn't actually speak for all black people.

It's an advocacy group, people. If you don't like it, form a counter movement. Or, go to one of their meetings. I've never been but they seem to happen every month.

[Anonymous]

I think, given their name, they have a responsibility to reach out to the community as a whole. I.e widely spreading news of their meetings and agendas and policy papers.

Otherwise, why don't they just lobby politicians and advocate under their own individual names?

It's not a bad idea for an organization, it just isn't done that well.

[Anonymous]

I notice you all address all the people on the Hill who were unaware, but don't seem to respond to why they seem to want to speak for the rest of Ward 6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:THose are all good ideas. And those of us not rich enough to live on the Hill (our HH income is only 250k) would like to see those improvements implemented in Ward1. I don't even know where to start. our IB elem doesn't even have a PTA or enough interest to form one.

on what planet does "only" precede an income of $250,000. Even in the DC metro area with a high cost of living, that is clearly a lot of money.

[Anonymous]

Someone wrote that these meetings happen every month. Anyone know when and where the next one will be held?

[Anonymous]

According to website the next meeting is January 14. The Brent LSAT will be addressing the student assignment (feeder) process at the December 18 meeting.

[Anonymous]

All of the schools in Ward 6 are invited to send representatives to the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization (CHPSPO) monthly meeting (3rd Tuesday of the month, unless specified). School representatives receive reminders 2 days before each meeting. Meeting agendas and notes from each meeting are posted at http://chpspo.org/. All CHPSPO meetings are open, and interested parents are welcome to attend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the schools in Ward 6 are invited to send representatives to the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization (CHPSPO) monthly meeting (3rd Tuesday of the month, unless specified). School representatives receive reminders 2 days before each meeting. Meeting agendas and notes from each meeting are posted at http://chpspo.org/. All CHPSPO meetings are open, and interested parents are welcome to attend.

What a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the schools in Ward 6 are invited to send representatives to the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization (CHPSPO) monthly meeting (3rd Tuesday of the month, unless specified). School representatives receive reminders 2 days before each meeting. Meeting agendas and notes from each meeting are posted at http://chpspo.org/. All CHPSPO meetings are open, and interested parents are welcome to attend.

Thanks. How are school representatives chosen? How many from each school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the schools in Ward 6 are invited to send representatives to the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization (CHPSPO) monthly meeting (3rd Tuesday of the month, unless specified). School representatives receive reminders 2 days before each meeting. Meeting agendas and notes from each meeting are posted at http://chpspo.org/. All CHPSPO meetings are open, and interested parents are welcome to attend.

What a joke.

I agree. The school is invited to send representatives. As if CHPSPO represents the school. And what exactly is the process for selecting representatives? How about posting bylaws of this organization?

[Anonymous]

Where is the commonality of interest? The Cluster has an interest in improving SH, as do feeders like LT. Maury has an interest in improving EH. Amidon is interested in improving Jefferson.

[Anonymous]

I think all the commonality needed is bringing together parents who want to learn from each other and work for better schools. I believe it grew out of the success of the school libraries project and was originally envisioned as a way for leadership at neighboring PTAs on the Hill to trade info and best practices. Every PTA president and principal are invited to every meeting. Some come, some don't. Some pass that info along to parents, some don't. Every meeting is open and info's always posted ahead of time on the web, Facebook, and Twitter (@CHPSPO).

Next meeting is 1/22. New faces are always welcome.

[Anonymous]

I just looked on their website and see that the next meeting on the calendar is actually Tuesday, January 21st. It does not list a location as far as I can tell.

[Anonymous]

I think it's a one-time date change so as not to conflict with the DME Boundaries/Feeders meeting. Locations are always TBD -- check in a day or two ahead for info.