Please see this rebuttal to “Give LAYC a chance?” posted earlier today. Mike on 1st St. asked me to post this, adding, “I’ve drafted a statement which I believe expresses the frustrations of a significant number of the LAYC opponents.” Feel free to add your comments as well, or email bacadc@gmail.com if you wish to … More Frustrations over LAYC
See this note from Mike, 1st Street NW resident: Please see attached a copy of the two documents from Monday’s BACA meeting that were passed out. The first is an overall vision document based on data from by the Urban Land Institute, the JF Cook reuse meetings from a few years ago, and some of … More Original JF Cook Vision Planning and Documents
The Resolution voted on by the majority of BACA residents on Monday, October 5, 2009 was submitted as testimony for the December 10, 2010 DC Council Hearing regarding disposition of the J.F. Cook building. Additional documents submitted were the testimony of James Berry (former BACA President) in front of the DC Public Charter School Board in April of 2010 and signed … More BACA Testimony – JF Cook School Hearing
I’ve been watching the back and forth for over a year now on the issue of Latin American Youth Center using the JF Cook school. The neighborhood protested loudly beginning in June 2009 (see prior posts here, here, here, here, here, here. and here). We passed a resolution which you can read here. I was … More Give LAYC a chance?
Please see this post by Angie Rogers on behalf of LAYC: There have been a number of posts to the listservs and blogs that serve the neighborhoods surrounding the J. F. Cook School, which is set to be redeveloped by YouthBuild Public Charter School and Latin American Youth Center. I have been working with the … More LAYC: “Stakeholders in the community”
On Saturday, December 11, 2011 from 10:00am-12:30pm, Colour of Weather is returning to Community Academy Public Charter School (CAPCS) to present their second Saturday ScienceFest. Dr. Vernon Morris, Director of Colour of Weather in conjunction with Howard University NOAA Center of Atmospheric Sciences and Chemistry Department, NOBCChE, Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Youth Services Committee … More ScienceFest Before Christmas at CAPCS
Dunbar is a block away from my house, but I have no idea what goes on there. I wish the community had better relations with the school.There was the WashPost article back in August 2009 that outlined plans for the Brooklyn-based organization “Friends of Bedford” to run Dunbar, but there seems to have been some … More WP: Dunbar gets new administrators, more security
Youth Build and LAYC Announcement of Community Meeting Wednesday, December 8, 2010 7 pm – 9 pm Big Bear Café, 1st and R Streets NW Topics for Discussion: The Proposed Redevelopment of the Cook School by YouthBuild and LAYC Future Cook Residents How YouthBuild and LAYC can Promote/Support Public Safety Efforts in the Cook Neighborhood … More Cook School Community Meeting
The Council of the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole is convening a public roundtable on December 10, 2010 on the proposed development of the John F. Cook Elementary School by Youthbuild Charter School and the Latin American Youth Center. The Youthbuild Charter School will train 150 students, aged 16-24 on the first floor … More Commissioner Pinkney re: LAYC/JF Cook
Angie Rodgers is right. You should prepare to testfy before the Council on the disposition of the J.F. Cook School. However, your testimony should be in support of the community NOT the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC). There has been overwhelming community opposition to this proposal of the LAYC…a proposal which will rob us of … More Response to the LAYC posting
Bates Area Civic Association 