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Shaw Junior High School

#SaveShawMS gains traction as community movement

Emma Whitford Jan 30, 2019

Community support is gathering behind Save Shaw Middle School, a group advocating for DC to fulfill its previous commitments to create a new neighborhood middle school at 925 Rhode Island Ave. NW. The group’s Change.org petition…

City Paper: An Ode to Shaw Junior High

Editor Jan 10, 2019

School, sanctuary, fortress, incubator for greatness. A former student remembers Shaw in the 1980s.

WUSA9: Shaw neighborhood continues push for local standalone middle school

Editor Nov 28, 2018

WASHINGTON -- A D.C. high school with an historic past will soon get a new building in the heart of the city, but not without some controversy.

Washington Informer: Banneker Students, Alumni Defend Shaw Relocation

Editor Nov 24, 2018

Within the confines of a nearly century-old building perched on a hill along Georgia Avenue in Northwest, the staff at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School have prepared legions of young people from the across the District for the…

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Community rallies against use of Shaw site for new Banneker High School

Catherine Douglas Moran Nov 7, 2018

Nearly 50 people rallied Saturday against Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to move the Benjamin Banneker Academic High School to the site of the former Shaw Junior High School, instead of the neighborhood middle school they say the city promised…

Mayor Bowser Announces Benjamin Banneker Academic High School to Relocate to the Former Shaw Junior…

Press Release Oct 26, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 26, 2018 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Jack Pfeiffer (DME) Mayor Bowser Announces Benjamin Banneker Academic High School to Relocate to the Former Shaw Junior High School, Increasing Capacity by 300…

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District Links: Council OKs $3.7B deal with Commanders to remake RFK campus; Bowser, Mendelson and Schwalb face…

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Today's congressional oversight hearing on DC with testimony from Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson and Attorney General Brian Schwalb caps a hectic few days — with the House…

District Links: House passes changes to DC juvenile justice with limited Democratic support; council set to vote today…

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With limited but notable Democratic support, the House yesterday approved two GOP bills that would alter the District's juvenile justice laws — with consideration of two other proposals to overturn…

District Links: House set to vote today on bills to overhaul DC’s juvenile justice, youth offender laws; ally…

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The House is expected to vote later this afternoon on two measures described by GOP backers as necessary to protect public safety in the District and decried by local leaders and congressional…

District Links: Trump threatens to federalize MPD again unless DC cooperates on immigration enforcement; WaPo analyzes…

Sep 15, 2025 18

President Donald Trump is threatening to declare a new national emergency and once again federalize DC's Metropolitan Police Department unless Mayor Muriel Bowser allows officers to fully cooperate…

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