Updated data suggests despite D.C’s slowing population growth, school enrollment still…
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May 20, 2019
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Updated data suggests despite D.C's slowing population growth, school enrollment still expected to increase
WASHINGTON, D.C.…
Christian Herr: With our school closing in June, Chavez Prep educators deserve adequate severance
Teacher Appreciation Week felt strange at Chavez Prep Middle School this year. Our kids were fantastic, as always, and our school-based administration was really thoughtful and supportive. However, considering that the board of trustees…
Washington Post: Spate of shootings in Columbia Heights worries residents, forces school into…
Liane Carrascoso was headed to pick up her 5-year-old son at Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Columbia Heights on Friday when she saw police officers urgently closing down nearby streets.
City Paper: City Paper Names Kayla Randall Arts Editor
Current Arts Editor Matt Cohen is heading to Mother Jones.
Northwest Courier: D.C.’s Inclusive Incubator is Struggling to fill Co-working Space
Two years ago, D.C. opened an inclusive startup incubator and co-working space, in partnership with Howard University and Clearly Innovative’s Luma Lab, with the goal of supporting diverse entrepreneurial activity and giving the community…
WAMU: Effort To Recall Jack Evans From D.C. Council Can Proceed, Rules Elections Board
The D.C. Board of Elections ruled Monday that an effort to recall embattled D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) from office can proceed. That leaves organizers free to start collecting the 5,000 signatures from Ward 2 voters required…
WAMU: Metro’s Yellow Line Extension Moved Up To Help With Summer Shutdown
The extension of Yellow Line service to Greenbelt is starting more than a month earlier than expected.
DCist: German Grocery Store Lidl Will Open At Skyland Town Center
The German grocery chain Lidl has announced it will open a supermarket in the long-awaited Skyland Town Center development. It will be only the third full-service grocery store in Ward 7.
Bisnow: Lidl To Open First D.C. Grocery Store At Skyland Town Center
The Skyland Town Center development team has reached a deal for a grocery store anchor, the first new supermarket to open East of the River in over a decade.
DCist: From Watchdog To Attack Dog: The Story Of Unsuck D.C. Metro
The Unsuck D.C. Metro blog and social media account began a decade ago as one of the few ways that residents could learn about delays and other issues on the WMATA rail system.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: D.C.’s worst idea ever: Giving regular people the power to issue parking…
Privacy experts call them “Little Brothers.”
City Paper: New Jack Evans’ Challenger Says He Already Brought In Enough Donations to Qualify for…
Jordan Grossman is looking to unseat Ward 2's entrenched incumbent
Washington Post: Washington’s black Catholic community looks to Archbishop Gregory for new…
The leafy neighborhood surrounding Holy Comforter Saint-Cyprian Roman Catholic Church has transformed in recent years. Longtime parishioners have watched as the African American families who found a spiritual home at this church for more…
Chelsea Coffin of D.C. Policy Center: Enrollment still expected to increase despite slower…
Population growth in the District of Columbia is slowing and migration patterns are changing.
Washington Post: New Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is midway to completion
The $480-million project, the District’s largest infrastructure project, will deliver a modern crossing over the Anacostia River in 2021.
Charter board turns down Arabic immersion school but encourages founders to return next year with…
Update: DC Public Charter School Board members voted unanimously tonight to reject the proposed Arabic Language Public Charter School, but in brief discussion they encouraged the leadership team to return next year after working with the…
WTOP: 14th Street gets a Bluestone Lane (and its avocado toast)
New York-based coffee chain Bluestone Lane Cafe likes the D.C. market. Just a year and a half after opening its first D.C. location in the West End, it is set to open its fifth D.C. location — on 14th Street NW — this summer.
Washington Business Journal: Changes proposed for White House grounds, including new ‘tennis…
The White House grounds are getting an upgrade, with two new buildings designed to meet the demands of a "growing presidency" — and to, let's face it, look and function better than they do now.
DCist: Ghost Bike Damaged After Less Than A Month On Florida Avenue NE
The ghost bike was installed last month to honor Dave Salovesh, one of the city’s most active cycling advocates, after he was killed at the intersection of 12th Street and Florida Avenue NE. It wasn’t even in place for a month before it…
WTOP: Georgetown developer is thinking smaller, reimagining brick and mortars
Brick and mortar retail can thrive. Retailers are just rethinking some of the details. Size is one of them.