See this note on behalf of LAYC/Youth Build regarding the community meeting they held last week: Thanks to everyone who came out to last week’s community meeting about the redevelopment of the Cook School. It was a great opportunity for YouthBuild and LAYC to engage with neighbors and other stakeholders about the proposed project. The … More LAYC/Youth Build Mtg follow up
These notes are from Sylvia Pinkney, ANC5c02 Commissioner: The meeting convened on the school playground. The Latin American Youth Center/YouthBuild Public Charter School (LAYC/YBPCS) representatives provided an excellent project update. The organization has not signed a lease for the site. If approved, the building will be leased by the city to YouthBuild Public Charter School, … More JF Cook School Community Meeting Notes -Oct 13
The John F. Cook Elementary School has not been disposed of as a surplus property. The Latin American Youth Center does not have a lease on this property. A lease cannot be signed until legislation is passed disposing of the school as surplus property. Emergency legislation was passed on September 20, 2010 or October 5, … More Comm Pinkey re: LAYC October 13th Meeting
See this message from Angie Rodgers: YouthBuild Public Charter School and Latin American Youth Center will host a community meeting on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 6 pm – 7 pm, about the planned redevelopment of the J. F. Cook School (30 – 44 P Street NW). The currently abandoned school is planned to be redeveloped … More Cook School Community Meeting – Wednesday, Oct 13 6pm
Youth Build and Latin American Youth Center are scheduled to occupy the J. F. Cook Building. This project has been met with opposition from the neighborhood. During a community meeting, the project and management team from Youth Build Charter School and Latin American Center responded to community concerns; a transcript of those answers was submitted … More Youth Build/LAYC Respond to Community Questions
Youth Build and Latin American Youth Center will be hosting a community meeting to update the community on the project scheduled for development at the school lacated at 30 P ST NW. AT THE J. F. COOK SCHOOL 30 – 44 P Street, NW WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Learn about … More J. F. Cook School Community Meeting Notice
From ANC5c02 Commissioner Sylvia Pinkney: 1. The YouthBuild Public Charter School made a request to the District of Columbia Charter School Board (PSCB) to operate in a new location, John F. Cook Elementary School, 30 P Street NW. The request is on the PSCB’s April, 19, 2010 meeting agenda. During each board meeting twenty minutes … More Cook School Update
We protested this loudly beginning in June (see prior posts here, here, here, here, here, here. and here). I hadn’t heard anything in a while, so I posed the question to the ANC Rep from 5c02, Sylvia Pinkney, as this is where the school sits. Here’s her response: At my request, ANC 5C forwarded … More What about the JF Cooke School?
We are defined by the community we live in and I am proud to announce that as a community we came together as one in opposition to the Latin American Youth Center’s (Youth Build) use of and residential addition to the JF Cook Elementary School. While we all live in our respective communities, issues affecting … More JF Cook Elementary School Update
See this letter-to-the-editor in the Thursday, October 29, 2009, Examiner from Volita Russell, Math and Science GED Instructor at YouthBuild Public Charter School. See her profile here: http://www.ybpcs.org/aboutus.html . Ms. Russell may very well be referring to the lively Monday, 10/05/2009, Bates Area Civic Associaton (BACA) meeting — at which the BACA members voted to oppose LAYC/YB coming … More YouthBuild instructor responds to community concerns about LAYC/YB at JF Cook School
Bates Area Civic Association 