The 21st Century School Fund has worked on DC education master plans since 1994 and with other cities on education and facility planning. We propose that the facility planners provide options for:
- Expanded early childhood
- Provide PK3 classes, by right, in all Title I DCPS schools
- Provide PK4 classes, by right, in all DCPS schools.
- Increased equity of by-right access
- Re-open DCPS schools to ensure there is DCPS capacity for at least 65% of the school age children in neighborhoods. For examples:
- Re-open Thurgood Marshall Elementary for isolated Fort Lincoln neighborhood (Ward 5)
- Re-open Winston as an application middle school (Ward 7)
- Give charter schools feeder rights to nearby DCPS middle and high schools providing families predictable pathways and increasing the utilization of our modernized middle and high school facilities.
- Re-open DCPS schools to ensure there is DCPS capacity for at least 65% of the school age children in neighborhoods. For examples:
- Transparency on facilities
- Maintain information on facility conditions, utilization and spending for all charter and DCPS schools.
We are interested in other proposals for the master planners. Please share them with us, and the DME.
info@21csf.org
MFP.2018@dc.gov
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