>> Even though six medical marijuana cultivators have been granted licenses to operate in D.C., the Examiner reports that it might be months before they start growing any marijuana at all. Though the hopeful cultivators have been given the official go-ahead, they still have to apply for building permits and renovate warehouse spaces, a process which could take up to six months.

>> In the difficult debate over whether or not D.C. school are improving, one issue if often overlooked—how are graduates doing once they hit college? Not well, writes Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy graduate Darryl Robinson in the Post today. Robinson received a full scholarship to Georgetown, but writes that he’s started behind the rest of his classmates. “My former teachers simply did not push me to think past a basic level, to apply concepts, to move beyond memorizing facts and figures,” he writes.

>> President Obama’s trip to the Summit of the Americas continues being overshadowed by allegations that members of his Secret Service team were involved with prostitutes ahead of his arrival. Now WJLA reports that five service members may also have been involved in inappropriate conduct, and were confined to their hotel during the weekend summit.

>> Is extending last call at D.C. bars a good idea? No, writes a Ward 1 ANC commissioner in the Post today. Why not? Research hints that more people might drink and residents of certain neighborhoods will get stuck with more late-night noise, trash and crime.