School Closing Meetings: The Stats
A week ago this evening, the D.C. Public Schools held 23 simultaneous meetings to discuss school closings. Afterward, DCPS put out a press release announcing that "more than" 411 people had attended. Here's a breakout of those numbers, according to data provided by DCPS.
Of note: No one chose to testify at three of the meetings. Sixteen of 23 meetings were over in less than an hour. The hotspots seemed to be in Wards 1 (Bruce-Monroe ES), 2 (Shaw MS), and 5 (Young ES).
| School to Be Closed (Meeting At) |
Led By | Attended/ Testified |
Started/ Ended |
| Bowen ES (Amidon ES) |
Sherry Ulery, Chief of Teaching and Learning | 30/11 | 6 p.m./ 6:55 p.m. |
| Hine MS (Eliot JHS) |
William Wilhoyte, Instructional Superintendent | 16/ 6 | 6:16 p.m./ 7:30 p.m. |
| Gibbs ES (Miner ES) |
Chad Ferguson, Dep. Chief of Schools | 3/3 | 6 p.m./ 6:45 p.m. |
| Wilkinson ES (Moten ES) |
Patricia Tucker, Instructional Superintendent | 7/5 | 6 p.m./ 6:56 p.m. |
| P.R. Harris EC (Patterson ES) |
Reginald Ballard, Instructional Superintendent | 5/5 | 6 p.m./ 7:20 p.m. |
| Green ES (Turner ES) |
Justin Cohen | 20/11 | 6 p.m./ 7:15 p.m. |
| Smothers ES (Aiton ES) |
Tracy Martin, Chief of Schools | 30/10 | 6:05 p.m./ 6:50 p.m. |
| Gage-Eckington ES (Cleveland ES) |
Erin McGoldrick, Chief of Data and Accountability | 5/2 | 6:25 p.m./ 6:42 p.m. |
| Stevens ES (Francis MS) |
Richard Nyankori, Special Assistant to the Chancellor | 18/ 6 | 6:20 p.m./ 7:03 p.m. |
| Shaw JHS (Garnett-Patterson MS) |
Dan Gohl, Dir. Secondary School Transformation | 40/23 | 6:03 p.m./8:14 p.m. |
| Douglass Choice Acad. (Kelly Miller MS) |
Marla Oakes, Director of Student Support Teams | 0/0 | 6 p.m./ 6:45 p.m. |
| Ron Brown MS (Merrit MS) |
Jason Kamras, Special Assistant to the Chancellor | 10/ 6 | 6:05 p.m./ 6:35 p.m. |
| Bruce Monroe ES (Park View ES) |
Jesus Aguirre, Director of School Operations | 86/18 | 6:22 p.m./8:10 p.m. |
| Meyer ES (Tubman ES) |
Ximena Hartsock, Dir. Of Bilingual Education | 2/0 | 6:33 p.m./ 6:40 p.m. |
| Clark ES (Barnard ES) |
Barbara Adderly, Instructional Superintendent | 18/4 | 6:05 p.m./ 6:49 p.m. |
| Bunker Hill ES (Brookland ES) |
John Davis, Special Assistant to the Chancellor | 10/4 | 6 p.m./ 6:47 p.m. |
| MM Washington CSHS (Eastern SHS) |
Phyllis Harris, Dep. Chancellor Special Ed. | 10/4 | 6:10 p.m./ 6:47 p.m. |
| J. F. Cook ES (Emery ES) |
Francisco Millet, Instructional Superintendent | 7/1 | 6:10 p.m./ 6:45 p.m. |
| Backus MS (LaSalle ES) |
Billy Kearney, Dir. of Principal Recruitment | 25/5 | 6 p.m./ 6:45 p.m. |
| Slowe ES (Noyes ES) |
Abdusalam Omer, Chief Business Officer | 16/4 | 6 p.m./ 7 p.m. |
| Burroughs ES (Taft Center) |
Kaya Henderson, Deputy Chancellor | 20/3 | 6 p.m./ 7:20 p.m. |
| Rudolph ES (Truesdell ES) |
Anthony DeGuzman, Transformation Mang. Office | 3/0 | 6 p.m./ 6:45 p.m. |
| Young & Browne JHS (Young ES) |
Sharon Artis, Chief of Compliance | 30/23 | 6 p.m./ 7:45 p.m. |
3:34 pm
Hey Mike,
As I said earlier. This city is full of a lot of people who talk a good game but when it comes to signing a petition, walking the picket line or more, 99% of them turn into arm-chair quarterbacks and the Fenty Administration knows that.
4:48 pm
One person definitely testified at Tubman.