Subject: Additional Public Forums on Superintendent's Recommended Criteria
From: "Victor Reinoso" 

D.C. Board of Education Announces Public Forums on The Superintendent's Recommended
Criteria for Consolidating and Rightsizing School Facilities


The District of Columbia Board of Education will hold two public
forums on the Superintendent's recommended criteria for consolidating
and rightsizing school facilities on:

Tuesday, April 18, 2006
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Randle Highlands Elementary School
1650 30th Street, SE

&

Saturday, April 22, 2006
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Bell - Lincoln Multicultural Center
3101 16th Street, NW

The forums will include opportunities for the public to testify, and
participate in focus groups to discuss what should be included in the
proposed criteria that will be used to determine which school
facilities will be recommended for consolidation or rightsizing.  The
criteria are available on the Board of Education website at
www.k12.dc.us/dcps/boe/boehome.html  entitled: Recommended Criteria
for the Consolidation and Rightsizing of DCPS Facilities.

The Board of Education invites the public to participate in the
forums.  Those who wish to participate should contact Heather Reynolds
at (202) 442-5193 by close of business April 14 for the April 18
forum, and by April 20 for the April 22 forum.  If you are unable to
participate in the forums, written statements can be submitted for the
official record to: Russell A. Smith, D.C. Board of Education, 825
North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20002.

Audrey Williams
Public Affairs Officer
DC Board of Education
(202) 535-2647  (phone)
(202) 442-5198 (fax)
audrey.williams@k12.dc.us