Better late than never, right? That seems to be the philosophy guiding D.C. Schools Superintendent Clifford Janey and School Board President Robert Bobb, who this week kick off a $75 million repair blitz in 70 of the city’s 142 schools. Writes the Examiner on the campaign: Systems to be repaired include bathrooms, water fountains and lighting — all issues that have been identified as having the greatest impact on the students’ and teachers’ quality of…

And so ends the suspense — Adrian Fenty is the Post’s pick for mayor. Though Fenty has held a comfortable lead in recent weeks, the Post’s endorsement was seen as Linda Cropp’s final chance in what has become a hard-fought campaign. Today’s endorsement is sure to give Fenty the win next Tuesday, with the Post recognizing his “can-do quality” and his “vision of the city that challenges the best in people.” And maybe to add…

According to the Post, D.C. Schools Superintendent Clifford Janey has recommended closing six schools by August and having seven others lease underused space to charter schools. The school board is planning on holding hearings on the closures — euphemistically referred to a “rightsizing” — before a final vote on June 28. School officials, facing under-enrollment in 70 of 147 schools, are planning on shedding some one million square feet of space by this fall and…

Bring out your purple plastic beads and get ready for some king cake! Well, we wish. For obvious reasons, the District and surrounding areas are decidedly calmer than, say, Bourbon Street. But we’ve still got some action going on. If you’d like to experience some good ol’ Mardi Gras flavor, the Post’s City Guide lists what’s going on today, from galas to Zydeco. Of course, there is always Lulu’s in Foggy Bottom — they…

The students may not be in the classroom, but District officials and activists are still working to find ways to address the problem of the city’s crumbling schools. Legislation currently working its way through the City Council’s Finance and Education Committee’s would allow the city to borrow up to $1 billion for much-needed school repairs, an issue that has repeatedly dogged D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams and D.C. Schools Superintendent Clifford Janey and may well become…

Thankfully, Mother Nature seems to have bestowed the region with sunny skies free from the oppressive humidity that we knew all too well earlier this week — and it’s looking to be a beautiful weekend. It may very well be a good time to head outside and explore the natural offerings of the D.C. area, as a picture posted here by dcJohn has made us think. Stadium PLA Revealed: D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams announced the…

It’s a regular media circus up at the top of 13th and Clifton streets NW (one block north of U Street proper, still not quite in Columbia Heights) where this DCist lives. Traffic has been blocked off in four directions and twenty-some fire trucks, ambulances, police cruisers and less-familiar official vehicles have been posted throughout the neighborhood because, as the Post reports:School authorities in Washington, D.C., today closed the city’s Cardozo Senior High School for…