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Feb 08, 2022

Dunbar High School And Second Gentleman Evacuate Due To Bomb Threat

Emhoff visited the Ward 5 high school to participate a Black History Month event.

Apr 20, 2016

DCPS Changes Hours Of Two High Schools To Deter Fights Between Students

McKinley Technology High School students will be leave at 3:05 p.m., and Dunbar High School students will exit at 3:25 p.m.

Jan 22, 2013

No ‘Skins in Super Bowl? Consider Cheering for the 49ers

Bummed that the ‘Skins got bounced out of the playoffs? Consider cheering for the 49ers in the Super Bowl.

Dec 03, 2012

Friendship Collegiate Beats Dunbar in First D.C. State Football Championship

The Friendship Collegiate Academy Knights bested the Dunbar Crimson Tide on Saturday to claim D.C.’s first state football championship.

Nov 21, 2012

Appeals Board Decision Keeps Wilson HS Out of Turkey Bowl

A D.C. appeals board ruled yesterday that a player on Wilson High School’s football team was in fact a Maryland resident, making him ineligible and booting the team from the annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl.

Nov 19, 2012

Wilson High School Tossed From Turkey Bowl Over Player’s Md. Residency

Woodrow Wilson High School’s football team was ejected from D.C.’s Turkey Bowl game scheduled for Thanksgiving Day, after D.C. Public Schools found that the team’s roster included a student who lives in Maryland.

Jan 20, 2012

Former Dunbar Football Coach Is Pulling for the 49ers on Sunday

Craig Jeffries, the former football coach at Dunbar High School, will be watching Sunday’s NFC Championship game cheering for his former player, San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis.

Nov 17, 2011

Dunbar Modernization To Break Ground Today

Earlier this week, the District broke ground on the modernization of Cardozo High School in Columbia Heights. Today, it’s Dunbar High School’s turn.

Dec 14, 2010

Plan To Redesign Dunbar High School Revealed

The long-awaited redesign plan for Dunbar High School was unveiled this morning — and, at the risk of sounding eager, it looks, well, spectacular. The school has been in the news quite a bit recently for negative reasons and has been a bit of an eyesore for some time — but many are pinning their hopes on a redesign of the school as the way of turning that reputation around. They likely won’t be disappointed with what’s in store.

Dec 12, 2010

Dunbar High School’s Culture of Neglect

Photo by NCinDC. A few weeks ago six Dunbar High School students were arrested for the sexual assault of a fellow student, and subsequently released with no explanation. This week, DCPS Interim Chancellor Kaya Henderson ousted Friends of Bedford, the private firm that had been running the school. Now, the Washington Post’s D.C. School Insider blog published a saddening account of the neglect, lack of accountability, and pervasive bullying at the high school. Bill…

 
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