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This section of DCWatch will not be regularly updated after August 2003. For up-to-date information on DC public schools and on educational issues, go to DCPSWatch.com, DCWatch’s companion web site for education. 

The DC Public School System has its own web site, listed on the DCWatch Links page. Public meetings of the Board of Trustees and the School Board are listed on the Calendar page.

Materials by or on the school system:
  • DCPS calendar for school year 2003-2004
  • Directory of District of Columbia public schools
  • Paul L. Vance, announcement of suspension of four employees, August 5, 2003
  • Resignation of Laura Gardner, appointed member, Board of Education, July 17, 2003
  • District of Columbia Auditor, “Mismanagement, Noncompliance, and Ineffective Internal Controls Exposed School System Funds to a Significant Risk of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse,” June 16, 2003
  • Committee on Education, Libraries, and Recreation public oversight hearing on the confirmation of Carrie Thornhill and Robin Martin as mayorally appointed members of the Board of Education, June 11, 2003
  • Carrie Thornhill and Robin Martin appointed by Mayor to Board of Education, May 14, 2003
  • Erich Martel, McKinley Technology High School, a critique, April 16, 2003
  • Russell Smith appointed executive director of the Board of Education, February 26, 2003
  • Charles R. Lawrence, III, statement resigning from the Board of Education, February 12, 2003
  • Peggy Cooper Carfritz, statement on resignation of Charles Lawrence and Roger Wilkins from Board of Education, February 12, 2003
  • Roger Wilkins, letter resigning from the Board of Education, February 5, 2003
  • Installation ceremony for reelected Board of Education Members, January 7, 2003
  • Peggy Cooper Cafritz, “The Real Deal Campaign for Children,” inaugural address, January 7, 2003
  • DC Auditor, “Mismanaged Special Education Payment System Vulnerable to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse,” September 27, 2002
  • District of Columbia Board of Education Votes to Ensure Balanced Budget, press release, June 26, 2002
  • DCPS Superintendent Transforms Central Administration and Reduces Workforce, May 2, 2002
  • Superintendent’s Office staff listing, March 2002
  • Testimony to the City Council Committee on Education, Libraries, and Recreation, public oversight hearing on fiscal year 2001 and 2002 spending and program implementation for the District of Columbia Public Schools and public charter schools, March 8, 2002
  • Corporation Counsel’s opinion that the District of Columbia Public Schools violated the Home Rule Act and the Anti-Deficiency Act with respect to its appropriation for FY 2001, January 28, 2002
  • Williams announces nomination of Mirian Saez to the Board of Education, January 11, 2001
    • “Board of Education of the District of Columbia Mirian Saez Confirmation Resolution of 2002,” PR 14-538
    • Testimony at the public oversight hearing on confirmation, February 8, 2002
  • Testimony to the City Council on the FY2001 budget shortfall, September 24, 2001
    • Peggy Cooper Cafritz, School Board President
    • Paul Vance, Superintendent of Schools
    • Natwar Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer
    • John D. Catlett, Teamsters Local 639
  • DCPS Faces $80 Million Budget Shortfall in fiscal year 2001, September 6, 2001
  • Paula R. Perelman, appointed Executive Secretary, DC School Board, September 4, 2001
  • Paula Perelman, memorandum to attorneys requiring negotiated attorney fees, August 31, 2001, along with an attorney's motion for the court to set aside the memorandum, by Ronald Drake
  • Board of Education member Bob Peck will resign to become President of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, August 6, 2001
  • DCPS Business Plan for Strategic Reform, Board Summary, July 23, 2001
  • The Children First Initiative, June 22, 2001
  • DC Appleseed Center, Charter Schools in the District of Columbia: Improving Systems for Accountability, Autonomy, and Competition, April 30, 2001.
  • Board of Education press release on Mayor’s proposed fiscal year 2002 budget for schools, March 13, 2001
  • Public Schools A-Team Appointments, March 12, 2001
  • Board of Education, “The Citizens’ Guide to the Board of Education’s FY 2002 Proposed Budget,” February 2001
  • Initial Board Policies, Regulations, and Bylaws, January 17, 2001
  • Committee Structure of the School Board, approved on January 17, 2001
  • Report of the Special Council Committee on Special Education, January 2001
  • Inspector General, Audit of the District of Columbia Public Schools Special Education Program, November 22, 2000
  • Inspector General, Audit of Property Donated to the Government of the District of Columbia, IG 13-72, October 12, 2000
  • Report of Elise T. Baach, Special Master for Special Education, on issues in special education, to US District Court Judge Friedman, September 27, 2000
  • DC School Board Information Project, initial brochure, September 2000
  • Résumé of Paul L. Vance, named Superintendent of Schools, June 5, 2000
  • D.C. Financial Authority Announces Names for the Educational Advisory Committee, press release, June 1, 2000
  • Resignation of Arlene Ackerman, May 17, 2000
  • DCPS attempt to deny special education students compensatory education
  • Materials on school governance:
    • Campaign materials for and against the School Governance Charter Amendment
    • Ballot language for proposed Charter Amendment III, “The School Governance Charter Amendment Act of 2000,” which would enact Bill 13-469.
    • DCWatch complaint to the Board of Elections and Ethics and the Office of Campaign Finance about the use of government resources in an election campaign, June 9, 2000
    • Corporation Counsel’s opinion that taxpayer funds, government employees, facilities, and supplies can be used in the election campaign for the School Governance Charter Amendment, May 25, 2000
    • Correspondence between the City Council and the Board of Elections and Ethics on holding a special election on the “School Governance Charter Amendment Act of 2000,” February 14-April 4, 2000
    • Councilmember Carol Schwartz on the mixed elected/appointed board, February 17, 2000
    • Changes in Structure of the Board of Education, comparison of the three versions of Bill 13-496, by Councilmember Kevin Chavous’s staff, February 17, 2000
    • Councilmember Harold Brazill Calls for School Governance Summit, press release, February 14, 2000
    • Mayor’s letter to City Council, advocating mixed elected/appointed school board, February 14, 2000
    • Mayor’s letter to City Council, opposing mixed elected/appointed school board, February 1, 2000
    • Timeline of Public School Governance in the District of Columbia, Mark David Richards, February 2000
    • Internet Resources on School Governance Issues, Mark David Richards, February 2000
    • DC Statehood Green Party Statement on School Governance, February 2000
    • DC Voice Policy Update, January 2000
    • Coalition to Defend Our Children and Preserve Our Board of Education, flyer, January 2000
    • Citizens Committee for DC School Governance Reform (The Greater Washington Urban League), flyer, January 2000
    • Neighborhood Action Forum flyer (unsigned flyer mailed by Neighborhood Action), January 2000
    • Mayor’s press releases on school governance
    • D.C. Agenda, Governance Task Force for Effective Public Education, December 1999
  • Proposals for changes in school governance:
    • School Governance Charter Amendment Act of 2000 (Amendments passed in the nature of a substitute) -- the final version, containing a mixed elected and appointed Board of Education, Bill 13-469
    • Board of Education Reform Amendment Act of 2000 (Mayor Williams’s bill), Bill 13-554
    • Board of Education Charter Reform Amendment Act of 2000 (Mayor Williams’s bill), Bill 13-555
    • Board of Education Charter Amendment Act of 1999 (Councilmember Ambrose’s bill), Bill 13-527
    • Board of Education Reform Amendment Act of 1999 (Councilmember Patterson’s bill), Bill 13-494
    • Board of Education Charter Reform Amendment Act of 1999 (Councilmember Patterson’s bill), Bill 13-493
    • DC Appleseed Center, Reforming the D.C. Board of Education: A Building Block for Better Public Schools, September 1999
    • School Governance Charter Amendment Act of 2000 (Councilmember Chavous’s bill, enrolled version passed by City Council), Bill 13-469
    • School Governance Act of 1999 (Councilmember Chavous’s bill, Committee version), Bill 13-469
    • School Governance Companion Act of 1999 (Councilmember Chavous’s bill, passed by the City Council), Bill 13-470
    • Chart summarizing changes in the law proposed in PR 13-469 and PR 13-470
    • Working draft report on school governance by the Committee on Education, Libraries, and Recreation, October 28, 1999
    • Press release on proposed acts and report on school governance, November 1, 1999
  • Inspector General, “District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) Audit of the Special Education Program for Fiscal Year 1998,” OIG No. 7-99GA-9916, June 25, 1999
  • Testimony before the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, April 30, 1999
  • “Platform for Quality Public Education in the District of Columbia,” July 11, 1998, developed by citizen activists in education
  • Testimony before the House Committee on Government Oversight, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, August 26, 1998
    • Constance Newman, member, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, on “Public School Readiness for 1998-1999 School Year”
  • Testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, June 24, 1998
  • Resignation of the chairman of the Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees, Bruce K. MacLaury, May 26, 1996
  • Board of Education Press release criticizing the Emergency Board of Trustees’ proposed disciplinary policy, May 4, 1998
  • Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees Public Working Session, April 21, 1998
  • Resignation letter from General Julius W. Becton, April 14, 1998
  • Committee on Education, Libraries, and Recreation and Parks Investigation on the District of Columbia Public Schools Use of Funds Resolution of 1998, April 9, 1998
  • Testimony on the overcounting of students in DC public schools, to the House District of Columbia Subcommittee, March 13, 1998
  • Testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia, March 9, 1998
    • Report by the GAO, "Availability of Funds and the Cost of FY 1997 Roof Projects," March 1998
    • Letter Report by the GAO, "Availability of Funds and the Cost of FY 1997 Roof Projects," March 9, 1998
    • David L. Cotton on the Performance Audit of the Fiscal Year 1997 Capital Improvement Program Procurement Process
    • Joyce Ladner, Control Board member, on the state of DCPS
    • Julius Becton, DC Public Schools CEO/Superintendent, on the state of DCPS
  • Letters on the signing bonuses and Cotton & Co. audit from Marion Barry to Andrew Brimmer, January 14, 1998
  • Materials related to the Control Board's reinstatement of the Emergency Transitional Board of Trustees
  • 21st Century School Fund Press Package on DC School Report, January 21, 1998
  • Testimony to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Hearing on the Problems of the DC Public Schools, January 14, 1998:
  • Report by Cotton & Company, LL.P., Certified Public Accountants, to the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority on the District of Columbia Public Schools Performance Audit: Fiscal Year 1997 Capital Improvement Program Procurement Process, January 12, 1998
  • 1997 Annual Report, Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees, January 1997
  • Moving Toward an Exemplary System: A Report on the First Year's Efforts to Reform D.C.'s Public Schools, November 1997, issued by General Julius W. Becton
  • Charter School Applicants for 1997-1998 school year
Materials on the Washington Teachers Union:
  • American Federation of Teachers, reply in support of defendant AFT’s and McElroy’s Motion to Dismiss, April 11, 2003
  • Washington Teachers Union Executive Board, reply to plaintiff’s memorandum of law in opposition to the motion to dismiss the claims against defendant, April 11, 2003
  • Nathan A. Saunders, Plaintiff’s reply to defendants’ opposition to plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction and to appoint a monitor and opposition to motion to dismiss, April 4, 2003
  • US Attorney for the District of Columbia, criminal information against Michael Wayne Martin in Washington Teachers Union Case, April 2, 2003
  • US Attorney for the District of Columbia, plea agreement with and statement of offense by Michael Wayne Martin in Washington Teachers Union Case, March 27, 2003
  • Washington Teachers Union Board of Directors motion to dismiss in Saunders v. Hankerson, March 21, 2003
  • American Federation of Teachers, defendant’s motion to dismiss in Saunders v. Hankerson, et al., March 21, 2003
  • American Federation of Teachers, defendant’s opposition to plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction and to appoint a monitor, March 21, 2003
  • Summary of American Federation of Teachers WTU Administratorship Investigation, submitted to the Court by the AFT, March 21, 2003
  • Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, order in Saunders v. Hankerson, March 10, 2003
  • Public Employees Relations Board complaint against Washington Teachers Union filed by Janai C. Reed and Harold Brazil, March 2003
  • Independence Federal Savings Bank, letter to customers about WTU case, March 3, 2003
  • Nathan A. Saunders, Motion for a preliminary injunction and appointment of a monitor, and memorandum of law, March 3, 2003
  • Civil lawsuit and motion for a class action certification prepared by Janai C. Reed and Harold Brazil filed against Washington Teachers Union and other, February 25, 2003
  • US Attorney for the District of Columbia, statement of offense by Leroy Holmes, plea agreement with Leroy Holmes, and press release on guilty plea, February 6, 2003
  • Nathan A. Saunders, Amended civil lawsuit filed against Washington Teachers Union and others, February 4, 2003
  • US Attorney for the District of Columbia, criminal information against Leroy Holmes, former chauffeur for Washington Teachers Union officials, January 27, 2003
  • American Federation of Teachers press conference on national union takeover of Washington Teachers Union local, January 27, 2003
  • American Federation of Teachers letter to DC teachers announcing takeover and canceling teachers’ meeting on January 27, January 22, 2003
  • American Federation of Teachers press release, “AFT Votes to Place WTU Under Administratorship,” January 22, 2003
  • DC Office of Campaign Finance, press release on investigation of the Committee to Re-Elect Tony Williams and the Washington Teachers Union, January 22, 2003
  • American Federation of Teachers, Complaint against officials of the Washington Teachers Union filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 16, 2003
  • American Federation of Teachers, forensic examination of the Washington Teachers’ Union, Local 6, January 16, 2003
  • Nathan A. Saunders, Civil lawsuit filed against Washington Teachers Union and others, December 27, 2002
  • Statement by the Edward J. McElroy, Secretary Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers, on the Washington Teachers Union, on AFT web site, December 2002
  • Katherine L. Andrews, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Affidavit in support of search and seizure warrants for officers of the Washington Teachers Union and others, December 18, 2002
  • Nathan A. Saunders, “Why Teachers Protested and Where Our Movement Goes from Here!,” organizing statement of the Strong Teachers’ Grassroots Movement, November 24, 2002


WTU case prosecutors, US Asst. Attorneys James W. Cooper and Anthony Alexis

Materials on vouchers: 

Secretary Paige, Mayor Williams, President Bush, KEY Academy, July 1, 2003

 

Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees

The members of the Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees were appointed by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, with the exception of the President of the elected Board of Education, who is an ex-officio member; a parent representative appointed by the Authority from three Mayoral nominees; and a teacher representative appointed by the Authority from three City Council nominees.

A decision by the DC Court of Appeals on January 6, 1998, and a damning audit for the Control Board led the DC Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority to say on January 12, 1998, that it would assume direct responsibility for managing the schools.

Maudine R. Cooper, Chair
Peter A. Gallagher, Member
Arlene Ackerman, Member and Superintendent of Schools
Rev. Robert G. Childs, Member and Member of Board of Education
Wilma R. Harvey, President, Board of Education
Nathaniel Howard
M. Charito Kruvant, Member
Tonya Vidal Kinlow, Member and Member of Board of Education
Emily Washington, Teacher Member

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Board of Education

The Board of Education is composed of nine members. The president of the Board is elected at-large, and one representative is elected from each of four "districts"; each district is two wards. The other four members are appointed by the Mayor. The telephone number for all members of the Board is 442-4289.

Peggy Cooper Cafritz, President
Julie Mikuta, District 1 (Wards 1 and 2)
Dwight Singleton, District 2 (Wards 3 and 4)
Tommy Wells, District 3 (Wards 5 and 6)
William Lockridge, District 4 (Wards 7 and 8)
Laura Gardner
Charles Lawrence
Robert Peck
Roger Wilkins

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