DCist: Fenty and Rhee Announce Big Changes for 27 D.C. Schools

IMGoph

Mon, 19 May 2008 10:40:25 -0500

don't you think that most teachers laid off at these schools in reaction to the AYP status will get rehired anyway? it seems like a subjecting the school to that level of turnover would be crazy.

borbely

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:07:15 -0500

M.M. Washington is one of the 20 or so DCPS schools that the District has decided to permanently close to DCPS students. Current M.M. Washington students are being asked to attend the new Phelps school off Benning Road, instead.

Rachael Brown

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:34:42 -0500

Dmlaenker - the "state" in this case would be the D.C. State Education Office, which is run by Deborah Gist. Oceanchild - Bell Multicultural High School and M.M. Washington are DCPS high schools that were not included on the restructuring list. Bell has a focus on immigrant services and English language learner instruction, and M.M. Washington has an emphasis on vocational education, but they are not magnets. However, this does not mean that those two schools have consistently made AYP, just that they have not yet failed to the point of requiring restructuring. Some D.C. public charter high schools have had difficulty meeting AYP, but they do not fall under Rhee's jurisdiction, and would not be included on this list.

oceanchild

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:55 -0500

So, were there any traditional senior high schools (ie not magnets or charters) that didn't make the restructuring list?

dmlaenker

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:50:12 -0500

"Delivered to the State"? Um... what "state" is there to deliver the schools to, exactly?