Parent_in_DC

@MatthewCappucci @dcpublicschools

If any school districts want free briefings or to chat through their plan, DM and call me… it’s important to me that schools have a plan. Feel free to tag school districts so they see this.

DMV school districts – as we said Thursday/Friday, it's imperative you have a severe weather plan and don't try to "wing it." Nobody has any excuse to be caught with their pants down. Ask yourselves the following: – If a tornado warning is issued, where will the kiddos shelter? – If kiddos are on the bus, do the bus drivers know what to do? – How will bus drivers be notified of warnings? – Will dismissal occur if storms are approaching? Will dismissal be delayed? – Have parents been clued in about the approaching severe weather?

@EJGoulet Also - this is an insidious way to teach to the test. Alice Deal was already scoring well in standardized tests and this "pilot" is blatant in how shocking it is trying to teach to the test for DC students as a whole

@EJGoulet Have DCPS central back off on forcing this curriculum. It’s a pilot and this is strong feedback.

I’ll follow-up ASAP to see what can be done, and I’ll advance a resolution and request that SBOE weigh-in through a letter or resolution. We must continue to ensure our middle school students develop the skills to read full-length novels.

@51stnews @dcpublicschools why would you change something that's working at @AliceDealMS ? Prep the kids for beyond highschool!! Is this a way to teach to the test and improve Impact scores rather than actually preparing kids?

Staff at Alice Deal Middle School decided this year to remove all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum. It's a mistake, one parent writes, arguing that "reading full novels has real and important benefits" in middle school and beyond: 51st.news/opinion-dcps-m…

@OpenlyBlackT I am so sorry for your loss

@ScottGoldstein @POTUS @TomColeOK04 @nbcwashington @ScottGoldstein what is this from? (Cc @simbanalex)

@SegravesNBC4 @MayorBowser @SenatorCollins @POTUS @TomColeOK04 @nbcwashington Sadly our fight continues!

A huge win for @MayorBowser and DC with help from @SenatorCollins Senate passes legislation exempting DC from CR $1 billion budget cut. Now must get House approval but with @POTUS and @TomColeOK04 supporting a good sign. @nbcwashington

@DCWard7teacher Wait I thought they used Aspen? What’s power schools used for?

@parent_in_dc Yup. It has been an ongoing and poor roll out.

This is a BIG deal. I hope the DC Council demands information from DCPS who in turn demands it from this company.

“per my last email” = fuck you “apologies for the delay” = fuck me “cc’ing for visibility” = you’re fucked “checking in in this” = i’m fucked “let’s revisit in Q4” = fuck this “i’m not sure that’s aligned” = fuck that “respectfully yours” = fuck all y’all

@EJGoulet 1. Why couldn’t the funds be reprogrammed back into DCPS. 2. How are you advocating for DCPS to receive more funds? You aren’t being successful in expanding and advocating for DCPS right now.

I want to point out how this is demonstrably false. First, the DCPS funds are from contractual service savings, not local schools. Second, the reprogramming is for FY23, last fiscal year, so this is an accounting exercise to avoid an anti-deficiency finding.

@EJGoulet @dcpublicschools So are you going to advocate for more time for parents, and you, to look at this and the potential impact so that they can make the best case?

My initial reaction of a public education budget increase of 5.05% is concern. Since @dcpublicschools teachers were provided with a 12% pay increase, & personnel is 84% of the DCPS budget, I'm troubled that the "buying power" for local schools will be reduced, resulting in cuts.

@RealSteveBeam @MayorBowser @DCPSChancellor @councilofdc @dcpublicschools thought they have $440m surplus?

the way @MayorBowser @DCPSChancellor make parents plead with @councilofdc for appropriately funded @dcpublicschools schools is garbage. fund schools. cut front office expenses. save everyone some time.

@efcmitchell @AlisonHornDC @EJGoulet. What’s the update?

@efcmitchell @AlisonHornDC How many weeks has it been?