3, Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee said during a news conference Monday.... The city will make

D.C. Public Schools are gearing up for a return to the classroom next week that parents and teachers worry will be chaotic.... 21 with Drew and West elementary schools.... DCPS, not principals, will make the final call. Advertisement But what numbers for each tier would place a school in the danger zone?...

The District’s most competitive application high school is failing to enroll students who attended a neighborhood middle school in the city’s poorest wards — even after officials temporarily eliminated an admission test during the pandemic, data show. Support our journalism.... Last year’s freshman class also didn’t have any students who graduated from those middle schools, according to the data.“ Despite this change, we have not yet seen an increase in diverse representation across all wards a

Students in Prince George’s County will be required to wear masks when they return to school in late August, school officials said Monday. Monica Goldson, chief executive of Maryland’s second-largest school system, told principals of the decision at a morning meeting. Support our journalism.... Children younger than 12 are not yet eligible for the vaccine.... School begins Sept.8 in Prince George’s. Advertisement Story continues below advertisement Debate on whether masks are needed has intens

Since then, that record has been shattered almost every day.... Many public testing sites will be closed over the next two days because of the Christmas holiday. Tracking coronavirus deaths, cases and vaccinations in D.C., Maryland and VirginiaMaryland officials said coronavirus patients are making up a growing number of hospitalizations.... She responded: “ I don’t think so....

The D.C. school lottery system remains a work in progress.... It eliminated preferences for the children of government officials in 2017.... Those in early-childhood education programs, such as prekindergarten for 3-year-olds and for 4-year-olds, must file an application to enroll....

City officials, teachers and parents depicted two vastly different versions of how schools are operating at full capacity during the pandemic at a seven-hour D.C. Council oversight hearing Tuesday.In one, city leaders said they have reopened schools adhering to strict safety protocols.... There had also been 120 positive cases among the system’s 7, 500 employees.... Kihn said that officials are not currently considering a policy change, but that does not mean the city will never change its app

1, up from about$ 2 billion this year.... In October, for example, the school system announced that it would spend$ 22 million in federal funds to hire two new employees at each of the city’s 120 public school campuses: One person to handle covid-19 logistics and another to serve as a permanent substitute teacher.... School districts across the country are competing for a limited number of qualified tutors, and many say they have struggled to hire enough extra staff. The Department of Behavior

Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning.... Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, however, said the school system can move money from elsewhere in its budget to purchase new devices.“ It’s real easy for DCPS to blame the council, ” Mendelson said.... Phyall has also worked with school districts to expand technology access for students....

At Bancroft Elementary in Northwest Washington, families created a schedule for parents to volunteer to watch children during their lunch periods, ensuring everyone can space out and eat outdoors.... At Thomson Elementary, a school in the heart of downtown D.C., the rooftop playground is under renovation, so most students eat lunch inside each day.... And at Hendley Elementary in Southeast Washington, a school whose windows and playground have been pierced by neighborhood gunfire on multiple o