Come to the Bark to School Party to benefit Bundy Dog Park and KIPP School Sat Sept 8, 5-7pm, P street between 5th and NJ Free admission! Celebrate the start of a new school year and meet your neighbors and Bundy Dog Park volunteers. There will be food, drink, back-to-school portraits, and a training demonstration … More Bundy Dog Park and KIPP School Benefit
Thanks to P St neighbor John for pointing out this story: Today’s Washington Post lists the 31 lowest-performing schools in DC that “should be turned around or closed.” (That’s “Tier 4,” or worst category.) Eighth on the list is “Community Academy Public Charter School Amos III – Armstrong Campus (CAPCS).” Story by Bill Turque, page … More WP: CAPCS needs a turnaround
The District of Columbia Department of General Services (DGS) has determined that the John Mercer Langston School building, at 43 P Street, N.W., and the John F. Cook School Building, at 30 P Street, N.W., are surplus District properties. Accordingly, DGS will be holding a public hearing on Thursday, January 12, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., … More Public Hearing on Disposition of Cook and Langston Schools
DC Council Chair Kwame Brown sent out an e-newsletter this evening. One item in his e-newsletter reports on a special ANC 5C meeting this Tuesday at CAPCS, 1400 1st St NW, on ” ongoing legislative activities.” Ensuring Continued Service to Ward 5 Residents We ended our week on a somber note with the resignation of … More Kwame: special ANC 5C meeting at CAPCS this Tuesday
Washington City Paper Housing Complex reporter Lydia DePillis has produced her “2011 Plexies Awards” for “for noteworthy developments in, well, development.” One of Lydia’s categories is: “NIMBY Travesty of the Year.” And what event in 2011 captured the title of NIMBY Travesty of the Year? Read below: Last year, Youthbuild Public Charter School and the … More City Paper calls Cook School “NIMBY Travesty of 2011”
Keeping up with Washington City Paper Housing Complex reporter Lydia DePillis is a full-time job! See her latest Housing Complex post on the futures of the Langston and JF Cook Schools. I have copied in the first few paragraphs. Click on the article link to read the entire post. Might the Langston and JF Cook … More CityPaper: Might Langston, JF Cook Schools get surplussed?
See this post at the Historic Washington list at Yahoogroups regarding the Langston School’s Stars of David: Stars of David medallions on Langston School Posted by: “RayM” mrrayj@gmail.com dcnomaguy Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:43 am (PST) Does anyone know why the Mercer Langston School, which is entering rapid self-demolition with rotting roof and missing windows, … More Stars of David medallions on Langston School
From Bradley Thomas, ANC-5C01 Friends and Neighbors: Please see the attached notice I recently received from the Department of General Services regarding a public hearing on the surplus status of Langston and Cook Schools. Please plan to attend on January 12, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. This is exactly the input we were denied the first … More Public Hearing on the surplus status of Langston and Cook Schools
See this short-and-sweet report by Washington City Paper Housing Complex reporter Lydia DePillis on YouthBuild Public Charter School’s recent Request for Expressions of Interest (REI) for a partner to develop the upper floors of the JF Cook School. So are Bates area residents the bad guys here? What do you think? No Movement on the … More “nobody responded to YouthBuild’s REI”
Recall that the Request for Information (RFI) from YouthBuild Public Charter School for the redevelopment of the JF Cook School had a deadline of one week ago today – Monday, August 29, 2011 — for responses to its RFI. As a brief refresher, here is the calendar of events in PDF from the YouthBuild RFI … More Who responded to YouthBuild’s RFI?
Bates Area Civic Association 