Two neighborhood schools in the news
I have provided links to two articles that mention neighborhood schools. You can click on the links to read the articles if you like.
a) Dunbar Senior High School is classified as “worst of the worst.”
25 area schools labeled persistently failing
By: Leah Fabel
Examiner Staff Writer
March 12, 2010
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/25-area-schools-labeled-persistently-failing-87406677.html
b) Walker-Jones Education Campus, located just south of the Bates area/Truxton Circle/Dunbar/East Shaw, generated its first-time-ever waiting list in the DC schools lottery program.
Here is the specific quote from this 3/12/2010 Washington Post article:
“Schools that generated waiting lists for the first time include Seaton Elementary (Ward 2), Walker-Jones Education Campus (Ward 6) and Houston Elementary (Ward 7). “
Record number of families took part in D.C. schools lottery
By Bill Turque
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 12, 2010; B02
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031104077.html
Bates Area Civic Association 