Daily Updates from HillRag
Tag: DC Public Schools (DCPS)
Murals Could Be Destroyed Days After Scheduled Completion
A boy on the back of an e-bike glows as it crosses Tennessee Avenue on C Street NE, where Tammy Barnes and her team...
Young Minds, Bold Designs at Shirley Chisholm ES
A collection of “blueprints” and 3D models, currently on view in the Young Artists Gallery at Hill Center, is unlike any previous show in...
Extended Construction Hours at the Kenilworth ES Swing Space
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 7D met April 8 via Zoom. Commissioners Artilie Wright (7D03), Ebony Payne (7D05), Marc Friend (7D06, vice chair), Brett Astmann...
Amidon-Bowen Community Pushes for Effective Swing Space
The community around Amidon-Bowen Elementary (401 I St. SW) is still hoping DC Public Schools (DCPS) will come up with a swing space for...
Meet Shanice Wright: Pre-K3 Teacher at Miner Elementary School
On a recent sunny morning, a pre-K3 classroom at Miner Elementary School on 15th St. NE was a busy place. Children crowded around a...
Trace Levels of Gas Detected at Chisholm Elementary
Daphane Womack says she’s not sure when she will send her two kids back to school at Chisholm Elementary (1001 G St. SE). The...
Where Are The School Nurses?
Sarah Buckley’s kindergartener has life-threatening food allergies. In previous years, she worked with school nurse at Amidon Bowen Elementary (401 I St. SW) to...
Potential Pairing of Miner and Maury Elementaries Remains On Table
The Deputy Mayor of Education (DME) has reached the point in their Boundary and Student Assignment Study where recommendations are being made that impact specific schools.
The...
Unlocked: Failing Security at DCPS
The DCPS second grade teacher knows the work order for the computerized lock on her classroom door was marked “completed.” But she doesn’t trust...
Security Alert Issued for Tyler Elementary Thursday
At around 1:00 p.m. Thursday, Tyler Elementary School (1001 G St. SE) was put on alert status due to an assault involving an adult...
