Reply to Attn Maury parents

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Attn Maury parents"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any updates on where this stands?[/quote]

Here is the latest from the Maury PTA site:

Push for a Win-Win Solution—Join the Advocacy Group! 
Ideas are already forming for ways to lobby the Mayor, Council, and DCPS to move quickly to help us achieve a win-win solution—but we need your help! Small efforts make a big impact—writing letters, making phone calls, working with others in our community to leverage resources—and the more folks we have, the greater the impact. Sign up [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TLw92rZyXoOa_BrxVwyYJLymTUbNCJGZLEufJq7V3K4/edit#gid=0]here[/url].

We already have some new information. Here’s what LSAT and SIT members have learned since the DCPS Meeting on January 12:

DCPS has already budgeted for the full-size, new school for this coming budget cycle. Back in December 2016 when it was due to be submitted, DCPS put in the budget request for $15M more (needed for the full renovation) and $6M (needed to build the Trailer City at Eliot-Hine).

DCPS last fall asked the Mayor to get underway for the full-size, new school, but the Mayor said no. DCPS could start the design and study for the full-size, new school right now if the Mayor agreed to “reprogram” the $15M for this fiscal year. Because the Mayor reportedly declined this request, DCPS won’t start doing the design/build work until the extra $15M is procured in October 2017.

DCPS already had the initial feasibility study for the full-size, new school back a year ago.  Although only unveiled on January 12th, DCPS had the study done back in spring 2016.

There are lots of better, win-win options that lessen the impact on students and actually saves D.C. money (move Maury’s students just one time, not twice; away for  3 school semesters, not 4), but it requires the Mayor/DCPS to act now. Please see the attached table.

Among the better options, there is a true win-win solution: have the Mayor/DCPS start the design process right now, instead of waiting for the 2017-18 budget cycle to complete. A top Maury parent/faculty concern is moving twice (once to Eliot-Hine in 2017, then to the Trailer City in 2018). If the design process starts now, Maury could move move just once to Eliot-Hine in Summer 2017, finishing Maury’s construction before Eliot-Hine starts its renovation in January 2019. This saves D.C. money and meets top parent/faculty concerns without disrupting Eliot-Hine’s renovation.

This requires the Mayor/DCPS to be proactive, not settling for status quo, starting NOW.

Maury Advocacy Group

First meeting: Thursday, February 23 (time TBD).

Questions? E-mail Kenyon Weaver (kenyons_email@yahoo.com) or LSAT Chair Amber Gove (amber.gove@gmail.com)[/quote]

Can anyone tell me what happened at this meeting?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics