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DCist: Education Committee Chair Seems Lukewarm On The Mayor’s Chancellor Pick, Won’t Rush…

Editor Dec 3, 2018
After a months-long search, Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced Lewis Ferebee, the former superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, as her pick for the new D.C. Public Schools chancellor. But this isn’t the end of the process—the D.C.…

City Paper: Bowser Picks Indianapolis Superintendent to Lead DCPS

Editor Dec 3, 2018
The Council’s education committee won’t move on the nomination until next year.

WAMU: New D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Pick May Shift Charter, Traditional School Interactions

Editor Dec 3, 2018
Lewis Ferebee has been named the new D.C. Public Schools chancellor following an extensive search that officially kicked off this summer.

Washingtonian: Rappahannock Oyster Bar Opens a Scenic Waterfront Location at the DC Wharf

Editor Dec 3, 2018
In the early 1900s, Chesapeake watermen dredged the Bay’s bottom for wild oysters and brought their hauls to DC’s “Fish Wharf” on the Southwest Waterfront. Now over a century later, a modern breed of oystermen are setting up shop in the…

City Paper: Internet Sales Tax Revenue Could Cut Commercial Property Tax Instead of Funding Homeless…

Editor Dec 3, 2018
Back in 2013, the D.C. Council was salivating over a shiny new source of revenue: sales tax from stuff bought on the internet. At the time, however, states and cities could not legally collect sales tax from sellers not physically located…

UrbanTurf: Historic Board Weighs In on Proposed Scottish Rite Residential Development

Editor Dec 3, 2018
Earlier this fall, we got our first look at the residential building on the boards for the Masonic Temple-owned lot at 15th Street and S Street NW (map). Some time next year, however, the project may look different.

Washington Business Journal: Here’s how much Metro paid for its new headquarters in D.C.

Editor Dec 3, 2018
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority spent $51.3 million to buy its new headquarters in Southwest D.C., an acquisition that allows the agency to move forward on plans to transfer 700 employees out of the obsolete Jackson…

Chalkbeat: D.C., meet your next chancellor: 8 things to know about Lewis Ferebee and what he might…

Editor Dec 3, 2018
Washington, D.C., is getting a new school chancellor, and it’s Lewis Ferebee, a former teacher, principal, and the current superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools.

Washington Post: Indianapolis superintendent chosen to lead D.C. Public Schools

Editor Dec 3, 2018
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday named the Indianapolis schools superintendent to be the next leader of D.C. Public Schools, passing over a school system veteran who guided the district through a turbulent year.

Washington Times: Barracks Row sewer line clogged by ‘mountain’ of restaurant grease

Editor Dec 3, 2018
DC Water workers spent six hours Sunday clearing a “massive mountain of grease” from a clogged sewer line at Barracks Row, a utility spokesman says.

Greater Greater Washington: Long Bridge expansion will add new railroad tracks and a bike trail…

Editor Dec 3, 2018
New plans call to double the number of railroad tracks over the Potomac River between DC and Arlington, and to build a new pedestrian/bicycle bridge between Southwest Washington and Crystal City.

City Paper: WUSA9’s Andrea McCarren Loves Training Service Dogs for Veterans and the Disabled

Editor Dec 3, 2018
On the morning after the midterm elections, about 20 WUSA9 staffers—on-air reporters, news managers, producers and assignment editors—gather in a conference room at the station’s headquarters on Wisconsin Avenue NW to review the previous…

Jay Mathews in The Post: How to defame dozens of school parents and never say you’re sorry

Editor Dec 3, 2018
Want to see a prime example of cowardice? Read the “Interim Update on Duke Ellington Investigation” by the District’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

WAMU: D.C. Gives Tech Companies Millions Of Dollars In Tax Breaks. Are They Worth It?

Editor Dec 3, 2018
The District has spent more than $184 million on tax incentives that are supposed to encourage high-tech employment in the city. But those incentives don’t appear to be paying off, according to a recent report from D.C.’s Office of the…

Washington Post: D.C. schools are still a long way from meeting physical education targets

Editor Dec 2, 2018
D.C. schools continue to fall well short of meeting physical education and activity requirements set forth by the city, according to a report from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

Washington Post: Employee shot during robbery attempt inside Whole Foods on H Street Northeast

Editor Dec 2, 2018
An employee was shot inside a Whole Foods Market during an attempted robbery Sunday morning, terrifying shoppers and diners — many with small children — who fled the popular gathering spot in the city’s trendy H Street corridor.

Washington Post: Meet the candidates running to represent Ward 4 on the D.C. State Board of…

Editor Dec 2, 2018
On Election Day in November, D.C. voters decided four surprisingly contentious elections for seats on the D.C. State Board of Education. Those races highlighted divides between the traditional public school system and the city’s robust…

Street Sense: The first three D.C. General replacement shelters open

Editor Dec 2, 2018
On Nov. 13, the District of Columbia opened the third of its new short-term family facilities, The Triumph, in Ward 8. It was preceded by The Kennedy in Ward 4 and The Horizon in Ward 7. Ribbon cutting ceremonies for each short-term…

Tom Davis, Ted Leonsis and Matt Kelly: Let’s get the Georgetown gondola going

Editor Dec 2, 2018
Our region came together this year to secure $15 billion in dedicated funding for Metro, the backbone of our regional transportation network. This historic achievement was a result of bold public leadership in response to a clear public…

Chalkbeat: Indianapolis’s Lewis Ferebee a finalist for D.C. schools chief job, sources say

Editor Dec 1, 2018
Indianapolis Public Schools superintendent Lewis Ferebee is a finalist for the open Washington D.C. schools chief job, according to someone with knowledge of the search process.
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