Moving Forward on Public Education

May 16, 2018

The fiscal year 2019 budget season is coming to an end. For the past three months, the District Council has held hearings and discussed how taxpayer money should be spent […]

Bowser Tackles State of the Schools

April 18, 2018

“Education is part of D.C.’s great story,” said Mayor Muriel Bowser during an April 11 conversation with philanthropist David Rubenstein, a discussion she requested they undertake about the state of […]

Town Topics March 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney One-Sided Parking Sparks Lively Debate at ANC The topics of parking and traffic flows have often triggered heated exchanges at Georgetown community meetings. The […]

Suspicious Package Found at Duke Ellington School

February 8, 2018

Police closed streets near the high school and students were evacuated to Hardy Middle School, two blocks north on 35th Street.

Council Members Ask Chancellor to Retract Players’ Suspension

November 22, 2017

The annual Turkey Bowl game, which decides the city football championship, is mired in heated controversy. Woodson High School is slated to play Ballou High School on Thanksgiving day. But […]

First Day of School, Busing for Hyde-Addison Kids

August 21, 2017

Under the watchful eyes of parents, students from Georgetown’s only public elementary school, now being renovated, boarded buses to Meyer School.