The MacFarland Community Cabinet met on Monday, January 11th to discuss global education at MacFarland and in DCPS in general. DCPS Director of Global Education Kate McNamee was unable to attend, but we added a few responses from her to questions we weren’t able to answer at the meeting. Those responses are tagged in the right-hand column with “Kate follow-up response”.
The presentation is also attached below. Next meeting: February 17th.
The application for the Empowering Males High School Community Cabinet is open! Apply here.
For more information on the EMHS Community Cabinet, see the FAQ here: EMHS Community Cabinet Frequently Asked Questions
Beginning this month, we’ll start posting updates on the all-male high school opening in Ward 7 next school year. Below is the letter from Chancellor Kaya Henderson announcing the school’s principal, Dr. Benjamin Williams!
DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson will be at the MacFarland Middle School auditorium (4400 Iowa Ave NW) from 7 to 8pm on Thursday, December 17th to share updates on the Roosevelt High School Re-envisioning process. See flyer below for details.
Applications are now open for the Coolidge High School Community Cabinet and School Improvement Team (SIT)! To learn more and apply, fill out the google form here. Below are informational links describing in more detail the responsibilities and function of each group.
Questions? Contact DCPS.Planning
We got this question at our meeting at Powell on Tuesday, 11/3 and wanted to follow up:
“How does the guarantee work for students in dual language programs at DCPS elementary schools? Are they guaranteed a spot regardless of where they rank MacFarland in the lottery? If they match with another school they rank higher, do they lose the guarantee?”
Answer:
The “guaranteed right” to MacFarland means students from dual language programs at DCPS elementary schools will be guaranteed a seat at MacFarland as long as they apply in Round 1, rank MacFarland as one of the schools on their application, and are not matched with a school they ranked higher. As is the case with all other applications, if they are matched at a school they ranked higher, they will not be waitlisted for MacFarland and will no longer have a guaranteed right to the school.
In other words, the surest way to secure the guaranteed seat is to rank MacFarland #1 on your first round lottery application. If you rank other schools above MacFarland, a match with any of those more highly ranked schools will forfeit the guaranteed seat at MacFarland.
Questions? Contact DCPS.Planning@dc.gov.
Katarina Brito (top, purple) and Rosanna de Mammos (right) from DCPS’ Language Acquisition Division discuss MacFarland’s Dual Language Program with parents at Powell Elementary School on Tuesday, 11/3.Thanks to our MacFarland Community Cabinet for a thoughtful discussion on a vision for the school. Notes and supporting documents are below.
102715 MacFarland Community Cabinet Meeting Notes
102715_MacFarland Community Cabinet_Meeting 2_Vision Discussion Capture Sheet
MacFarland Middle School’s Dual Language Program is opening in 2016! Please join us this coming Tuesday, November 3rd from 5:30 to 7:30pm at Powell Elementary School to learn more. See flyer below for more details.
Cabinet members spent time at last Thursday’s meeting talking about what they and their community wanted to see at Roosevelt. Meeting notes are below.
We had a successful first meeting of the Roosevelt Community Cabinet on Thursday! It was great to bring together a diverse group of voices and have a discussion around our neighborhood school. The notes are in the link below.
DCPS School Planning 