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[quote=Anonymous]I appreciate that everyone is offering solutions here.  A several thoughts:

1.  Please do come out to our meeting on February 23rd at 6:45pm (note a little earlier than we usually meet) at the Tenley-Friendship Library.  Please RSVP to w3ednet@gmail.com if you are coming.

2.  As noted, the focus of the meeting will be to talk about overcrowding in Wilson Feeder schools and possible solutions to help relieve this overcrowding.  This is an initial conversation and will hopefully be followed up with a future meeting with DCPS Planning Office staff (at least we are working on that).

3.  The Councilmember is not coming to offer us solutions.  So please come to this meeting ready to offer your own constructive suggestions and feedback.  As I said, I appreciate folks offering thoughts here, but getting in the same room and having a conversation with one another is an important step.

4.  W3EdNet (for short) includes all of the schools in the Wilson feeder pattern.  So Bancroft (Ward 1), Shepherd and Lafayette (Ward 4), and Hardy and Hyde (Ward 2) all participate in the group (to varying degrees -- we all don't show up for every meeting).  We welcome families from all of these school regardless of where they live in the District.  Staff and other interest community members are welcome as well.

5.  These are not the only meetings coming up!

-- On January 31st at 7pm at the Georgetown library, we will be hearing from State Superintendent for Education Hanseul Kang.  Please come ask her questions about such things as PARCC testing.
-- And on February 8 at 7pm at Wilson High School, we are sponsoring a joint meeting with OSSE and the SBOE about new school rating/accountability plan under the federal education law (ESSA).  We discussed a preliminary version at a previous W3EdNet meeting with State School Board rep from Ward 3, Ruth Wattenberg.  But this is another opportunity, with both organizations present, to provide feedback.  The SBOE will have an up or down vote on the final proposal later in March.
-- AND we recently heard from Chancellor Wilson, and he has committed to attending a future meeting.  That meeting has yet to be scheduled.

6.  You can follow us at @W3EdNet on Twitter and https://www.facebook.com/W3EdNet on Facebook.  If you email w3ednet@gmail.com, we can also make sure that you know about future meetings.

Thanks,

Brian Doyle
Co-Chair W3EdNet[/quote]

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