Good morning, D.C. Three shootings, two of them fatal, happened in the last day in the Sixth District, including one that took place in broad daylight during rush hour at the intersection of Fort Davis and Q streets. The Post has a big story this morning on how deadly the month of April was in Northeast, including a list of each of the nine murder victims from the Fifth District. The number of homicides in the city is still roughly the same as it was last year, but the amount of gun-related crime is up 30 percent across the board.

Rhee Begins Firing Principals: Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has begun notifying as many as 30 principals within DCPS that their jobs will end at the end of this school year. Typically 15 to 20 principals are dismissed in the school system at the end of each school year, but Rhee’s decision to dismiss more this year is tied to federal requirements that she overhaul 27 schools that have failed to make adequate progress under the No Child Left Behind law.

Finance Office to Scrap Tax System: A day after an audit became public that slammed the city’s computerized tax system as a total failure, Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi announced that the finance office would get rid of the system and call for bids for a new one, the Examiner reports. The audit said the computer system left the city open to potential corruption — a concern Gandhi must take seriously in the wake of the $40 million Office of Tax and Revenue scandal.

Briefly Noted: Injuries on Metro down 44 percent … Smithsonian to keep control of Arts and Industries Building … Council committee plans to block funding for surveillance camera consolidation plan.

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