After 6 Years of Planning, Ellington Field Work to Begin in Nov.
• September 16, 2024

Six years ago, in 2018, neighborhood activists around the Ellington field, track and historic field houses on 1600 38th St. NW began formally advocating for vital improvements needed at the […]

Exclusive Interview: DCPS Chancellor Ferebee Confident at Start of School Year
• August 21, 2023

DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee is in charge of more than 112 public elementary and secondary schools in the District, serving 50,000 students with more than 4,300 full-time […]

Back to School at Hardy: Same But Different 
• August 15, 2022

It was the Welcome Back to School ice cream social at Hardy Middle School on 35th Street Aug. 10, and a small squealing crowd of middle schoolers and their parents […]

Amid Scandal, Duke Ellington School to Transfer to DCPS        
• February 24, 2022

This article has been updated.   The palatial $200-million renovated Duke Ellington School of the Arts, comprising a large block at 35th and R Streets and Reservoir Road NW, is […]

Will Georgetown Get a Public High School?
• February 22, 2021

Among the preliminary ideas is to convert Hardy Middle School at 1819 35th St. NW into a public high school.