Ward 6 Middle School Initiative Improving Middle School Opportunities Meeting with Kaya Henderson March 23, 2011 CAPITOL HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT ORGANIZATION.

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Ward 6 Middle School Initiative Improving Middle School Opportunities Meeting with Kaya Henderson March 23, 2011 CAPITOL HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT ORGANIZATION (CHPSPO)

2 Purpose of Meeting  Share background about the Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization (CHPSPO)  Share context on why Ward 6 Middle School Plan is important for Ward 6 and DCPS  Share our perspectives on implementation of Ward 6 Middle School Plan  Discuss next steps for ensuring DCPS support to implement Ward 6 Middle School Plan, both continuing commitment and financial support

3 Background on CHPSPO  CHPSPO formed in January 2005  PTA representatives and interested parents from Brent, the Capitol Hill Cluster School, Ludlow-Taylor, Maury, Miner, Payne, Tyler, J.O. Wilson, and Eliot-Hine are members of CHPSPO  CHPSPO’s mission is “To promote cooperation among the parent organizations of the public schools on Capitol Hill in order to improve the education received by all children attending our schools.”  CHPSPO partnered with the Capitol Hill Community Foundation, the Washington Architectural Foundation, and DCPS to create the School Libraries Project, a $2.4 million partnership which renovated 8 school libraries in 2006/2007.  Visit us at Facebook, and Twitter  In the process of becoming a 501(c)3

Background on Middle School Initiative  CHPSPO began a Middle School Initiative in January 2009  Conducted survey during Summer of 2009 to learn parent attitudes towards public middle school opportunities  Requested by Council member Tommy Wells to accelerate efforts in December Meetings during Winter PTA representatives held discussions about middle schools with their individual schools, and brought back recommendations  Achieved consensus and developed proposal that was presented to Chancellor Rhee in March 2010  DCPS expanded on CHPSPO’s ideas, and developed the Ward 6 Middle School Plan 4

Some Context  Six elementary schools on Capitol Hill have PS wait lists between 221 and 519  Middle school trends 5 School6 th grade wait list 2009 Enrollment School Capacity Eliot-Hine Jefferson Stuart- Hobson

DCPS Ward 6 Middle School Plan 6  CHPSPO is supportive of the Ward 6 Middle School Plan  Abigail Smith and Claudia Lujan have provided exemplary leadership both in development and implementation of the plan  Collaboration teams established for Jefferson, Stuart Hobson, Eliot-Hine, and Montessori at Logan in order to involve community in implementation of the plan  Many CHPSPO members are members of the collaboration teams

Other Public Middle School Options  Blow-Pierce Junior Academy PCS located five blocks from Eliot-Hine  Washington Latin PCS (NW DC)  Hardy and Deal Middle Schools (NW DC)  Two Rivers PCS located eight blocks from Stuart-Hobson 7

8 Stuart Hobson Collaboration Team Collaboration team has focused on four broad areas:  Ensuring move of 5 th graders to Watkins results in these students having the same or better opportunities. - Watkins currently does not have the computer/white board technology available at Stuart Hobson, - final plan has not been presented for how space will be reconfigured at Watkins, including appropriately sized furniture;  Outreach and recruitment to the new S-H feeder schools (Ludlow-Taylor and J.O. Wilson) is happening, and DCPS has been helpful in developing materials and scheduling meetings;  Multiple curriculum concerns - ensuring continuity in foreign languages taught at feeder schools - concerns that curriculum is not rigorous enough to compete with other middle schools  Financial support for the museum studies program, i.e., hiring a museum studies coordinator

9 Eliot-Hine Collaboration Team  Team Leaders: Dorcus Lawrence (Eliot-Hine), and Carolyne Albert-Garvey (Maury)  Collaboration Team has focused on student recruitment, 6 th grade transition, supporting Eliot-Hine in IB certification process, and community building  General concerns that student recruitment has not proceeded as collaboration team had hoped. Collaboration team subcommittee developed a recruitment plan and identified multiple ways to enhance marketing the school, but none of the ideas have been implemented.  Similarly, ideas to support 6 th grade transition have not been accepted at school level  Limited communication with collaboration team on the IB certification process

Jefferson Collaboration Team 10

11 Montessori Committee The Montessori Committee, (Principal Eatman, teachers and parents from each class, working closely with DCPS) have focused on -  Communication and Outreach: Weekly-ish updates, parent education sessions (on middle school and specials) and ensuring we hear from current families via townhalls, surveys, web comments/question. Working with Logan neighbors (meet and greet, ANC update, community events) to ensure smooth transition. Reaching out to prospective families via local blogs, news outlets and social media.  Facility/Move logistics: Inventoried classrooms, estimated materials and furniture needs, worked with Claudia Lujan and Anthony DeGuzman to determine space needs.  Outdoor Space: Designed garden, outdoor classroom and playground plan, focusing on sustainable, eco-friendly materials, and native plants. Pursuing grants and fundraising opportunities to fund this, as it will not be funded by DCPS.  Out of School Time: Will not be funded by DCPS or DC1. The team selected Springboard (and their board approved us). Logan will be Springboard’s first DCPS program. Raising funds to support OOT and provide scholarships, sliding scale for rates based on free/reduced lunch. Concerns  Middle school decision has yet to be made and on 1/25/11 DCPS announced that there is no middle school option for Montessori. The community would disperse back to their in- boundary middle school after 5 th grade? Without Stuart-Hobson as an option, we risk losing current families, to charter or private schools. We risk not being able to keep new families beyond PK or Kindergarten.  Outdoor Space not yet defined. Need information around parking lot space that can be reclaimed by the school for green space, and definite timing around when the PD center will move. While we will have garden space, field space is a necessity to be able to offer robust PE/Movement and aftercare programming.

12 Next Steps