On June 12, 2024, DCPS sent emails to families at Cardozo EC, Francis EC, shared an update with the community about changes to be implemented at Cardozo Education Campus and its feeder pattern.
Over the next several years, DC Public Schools (DCPS) will implement the following changes:
- Cardozo will phase out middle grades: We are enthusiastic about the opportunity for Cardozo to return to a traditional high school. In School Year (SY) 2025-2026, Cardozo will not enroll a new 6th grade class. By SY 2027-2028, Cardozo will serve only grades 9-12.
- DCPS will open a new middle school: In March 2022, Mayor Bowser announced funding for DCPS to open a new middle school at 800 Euclid St NW (the former Banneker High School building) in August 2028. Engagement opportunities will be shared on the School Planning blog soon.
- John Francis Education Campus will temporarily expand its feeder pattern: Students who graduate from Cleveland, Garrison, and Seaton Elementary Schools currently have geographic feeder rights to enroll at Cardozo for middle school. Beginning in School Year 2025-2026, students at these three elementary schools will have feeder rights to enroll at John Francis Education Campus for 6th grade. This will continue until the enrollment for the new middle school opens. At that time, students graduating from Cleveland, Garrison, and Seaton will have feeder rights only to the new middle school.
Please read the letters from Chancellor Ferebee here:
1. Letter to the Cardozo community, click here (English), here (Spanish)
2. Letter to the Cleveland ES community, click here (English), here (Spanish)
3. Letter to the Seaton ES community, click here (English), here (Spanish)
4. Letter to the Garrison ES community, click here (English), here (Spanish)
5. Letter to the John Francis EC community, click here (English), here (Spanish)
DCPS School Planning 