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District of
Columbia Public Schools
Reportcard to the people
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SY 2001 - 2002 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Dr. Paul L Vance, Superintendent
Table of Contents
Academic Services
Academic Reinforcements
Vocational Education - Schools to Career
Special Education
Staff Recruitment
Professional Development.
Parental Involvement
Facilities
Technology Improvements
Administrative Operations - Setting Standards
Grants
Student Services
Legal Services
Procurement
Communications and Public Information
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- Developed a Standards Based Curriculum that establishes citywide,
uniform academic standards that determine what teachers teach and what
students are expected to know.
- Developed Standards, proficiency levels, pacing charts and
curriculum maps for English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science,
Social Studies, Visual Arts, Health and Physical Education and Music
for pre-kindergarten through grades 12. The Stanford 9 is administered
to students in grades one through eleven in reading and mathematics.
Science and writing have been piloted for grades 3,5,8 and 11.
Specific bodies of knowledge and skills are to be mastered in each
subject.
- Received initial recommendations from our Blue Ribbon Panel on how
to improve academics and resources at all Senior High Schools.
- Created a new Advanced Placement Office and offered advanced
placement studies to more students than ever before, in all sections
of the city.
- Established a city wide Family Literacy Consortium made possible by
a $4.2 million Reading Excellence Grant Initiative. As a result of the
consortium the school system received a two-year State Initiative
Grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop quality
indicators, improve program evaluation and increase community
awareness and support.
- Adopted millions of dollars worth of new textbooks.
- Identified nine of our historically lowest performing schools and
began fast-tracking their reform by implementing our overall reform
plan and vision. These transformation schools are distinguished by
their on-site educational, social, public health, and recreational
wraparound services for students and parents, and eventually, by their
improved school building facilities.
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- Successfully implemented after-school programs and a comprehensive
Summer STARS/SEAS program, in which for the first time, we offered
enrollment to 22,000 students;
- Offered exemplary instruction in bilingual education to our
culturally diverse student and family populations. We are one of the
few school districts in the nation to have a multicultural coordinator
in every school. We were also one of few school districts to offer
school based training on Arab culture in the days following the
September 11 terrorist attacks to help teachers prevent any negative
reactions to our Arab students.
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- Established and improved course offerings and classroom laboratories
in our middle and high schools to include vocational exploration to
help prepare students for the workforce just as we prepare them for
post secondary education.
- Offered students options for career and technical courses with
teachers and artisans as instructors.
- Equipped classrooms with technology that will link students to work
place experiences.
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- Implemented the initial phases of a Seven Point Plan for strategic
reform of our Special Education program.
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Established four new centers to serve emotionally
disturbed students and created new programs to serve autistic
students, reducing the need to transport students with special needs
to suburban facilities and saving transportation dollars.
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Installed a new transportation software system to
assist bus drivers and attendants in planning their routes and
prioritizing their trips to get students to and from school on time.
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Reached full compliance on five of eleven areas
identified in the OSEP Compliance Agreement. Made significant progress
in achieving compliance in the six additional areas.
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Acquired and Installed a customized Special
Education tracking System (SETS) which enables us to track the
identification, assessment and placement of Special Education
students.
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Received a Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant from
the Departments of Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services
to provide direct services to 10 schools each year for three years on
violence prevention. This grant is in the amount of $2.8 per year and
will place two clinicians in each school in addition to providing
extensive training to staff, parents and leadership.
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Expanded the use of the SETS database, which allows
DCPS to track special education students, initial evaluations and
reevaluations, HOD/SA, and staff productivity.
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Complied with IDEA has increased in those areas
identified by OSEP and full compliance in five areas:
- Reducing number of overdue hearing decisions
- Implementing child find activities
- Developing formal complaint procedure
- Forming State Advisory Panel
- Identifying LEP students and resources needed to serve them
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Designed the DCPS-OCR Corrective Action Plan for
LEP students (including those with disabilities) has been accepted by
the Office of Civil Rights.
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Received assistance in developing a State
Improvement Plan as required by the OSEP Continuous Improvement
Monitoring Process. The University of Kentucky received a grant from
OSEP to provide training to the State Advisory Panel so that they
could assist DCPS in developing the DCPS has increased capacity of
local and citywide schools to provide services to stunts with
disabilities at all levels of intensity, including the establishment
of new therapeutic day treatment centers.
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Collaborated with Facilities Management to identify
sites to increase capacity to serve special education stunts in local
schools. The Division is also working with architects who are
developing the educational specifications to be used in high schools
as they are rebuilt or remodeled.
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Requested statements of qualifications from
potential providers using the Human Care Act resulted in several
applications being reviewed by a panel from the Division of Special
Education. An agreement will be finalized in March resulting in a rev
partnership with a private provider who will serve students with
emotional disturbances.
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Provided technical assistance to the Board of
Education in developing an RFP for a special education focus charter
school to be established by fait 2002.
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Provided extensive training to all special
education staff in an effort to increase compliance with IDEA and DC
regulations. In addition, general an! special education staffs have
received training to improve instruction and behavior through the use
of school-wide programs such as Project Achieve, Failure Free Reading
and Fast ForWord.
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Entered into a partnership with Catholic University
to address the shortage of paraprofessionals with training for
educational aides. At the completion of the program, the participants
can elect to continue their studies and become special education
teachers. To address the shortage of special education teachers, DCPS
has a partnership with the George Washington University to retrain
general education teachers who receive a master's degree in special
education.
- Collaborated with the Hospital for Sick Children to obtain Assistive
Technology evaluations in an expeditious manner and have developed
community partnerships so that assistive devices/equipment can be
obtained for children with limited resources.
- Established and trained teams of social workers and psychologists
who can provide grief counseling. After the September 11 attack on the
World Trade Centers and the Pentagon, these teams spent several days
providing counseling to students and staff at those schools that were
directly affected by the tragedy.
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- Hired 39 new principals and 527 new teachers.
- Hired a new principal for the new Technology High School at
McKinley.
- Implemented the new DC Teaching Fellows and Teach for America
programs to recruit mid career professionals and outstanding recent
college graduates to be teachers in DCPS schools.
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- Created a Principal Leadership Institute to help principals refine
leadership and administrative skills.
- Enforced our teacher certification policy to ensure a system wide
corps of certified teachers.
- Implemented a new professional development academy.
- Conducted bilingual education workshops to offer training for
teachers in working with students for whom English is a second
language.
- Conducted a Media Institute to train school principals and
administrators how to effectively handle media queries and interviews.
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- Strengthened our partnership with parent organizations such as the
Congress of PTA's and parent advocacy groups, to help involve parents
in the educational process.
- Offered parent summits in several school areas to offer parents
skills that will assist them in helping their children with
schoolwork.
- Created a year-long and system wide calendar of events and mailed to
parents at the beginning of the school year to help them stay informed
about and plan for school activities, exam schedules, and teacher
conferences.
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Broke ground for a new generation of school buildings,
which included renovating and modernizing some schools and beginning new
construction on others.
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Completed the first educational facilities master plan
by the school district in more than 30 years. The plan provides the
framework for all decisions regarding the improvement and utilization of
school facilities. It calls for modernization or replacement of 143
facilities over a 10-to-15 year period at a cost of $2.4 billion. The
plan, if completed as envisioned, will create state-of-the-art, nurturing
learning environments that are needed for schools to become quality
education centers.
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Completed roof replacements & repairs on 118
schools since 1997. Twenty-three school repair projects in progress.
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Replaced boilers at 32 schools since 1997. Work at 10
additional schools in progress.
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Installed temporary boilers at 16 schools since 1997.
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Installed HVAC systems at 12 schools since 1997.
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Replaced air conditioners at nine schools since 1997.
Replacements being installed at 10 additional schools.
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Installed spot coolers for summer classrooms in 74
schools.
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Installed underground storage tanks in 26 schools since
1997. Performed oil-to-gas conversions at four schools since 1997.
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Completed emergency asbestos abatement at most schools.
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Finished major asbestos abatement at five schools.
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Completed moderate asbestos abatement on 180 school
facilities.
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Completed bathroom renovations at 67 schools since
1997. Renovations in progress at 38 other schools.
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Worked on and completed ADA Accessibility projects at
42 schools. Projects are also on-going at 13 more schools.
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Installed emergency generators at 12 schools.
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Completed computer upgrades at 17 schools.
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Replaced windows at 11 schools since 1997. Replacement
projects going on at 10 additional schools.
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Installed carpet flooring at 10 schools since 1997.
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Completed paint and plaster repairs at 97 schools since
1997.
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Replaced lockers at two schools.
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Installed security systems at 30 schools.
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Rebuilt DCPS' data communications network, moving from a low-speed
hybrid of dial-ups and leased lines to a robust Wide-Area-Network,
providing T-1 connections at every school. Future enhancements include,
moving to higher bandwidths via networks more conducive to video content
delivery.
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Wired classrooms and learning spaces at 18 schools so that students
would have high speed internet use and also intranet capabilities for
instructional purposes. Middle and junior high schools are also being
wired and schools will be able to take advantage of voice, data, video
and wireless options.
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Accepted numerous grants, which have enabled the Technology Department
to build a robust platform count in excess of 10,000 units. When the
platform reaches 20,000 units DCPS will have a 3:1 ratio of computers
to students.
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Acquired Follet Library Management software and hardware for each school
library to help librarians better manage their local school collections
and share information about their holdings with other school libraries.
The system will also index internet-based accounts.
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Sponsored a professional development and training program that offered
specialized technology training and gyre to classroom teachers who have
technology resources where they teach. Offered specialized training to
administrative staff who use productivity software applications. Also
conducted small group classes for office staff or workgroups who need
immediate and individualized software training.
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Initiated on-line training via the Internet for instructional and
administrative staff.
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Implemented a new web-based Student Information System that uses a
state-of-the-art database that will promote data exchange and support
student test score disaggregating for quicker informing, which will lead
to prescriptive changes to students' individual education programs.
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Opened the school year on time.
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Received newly adopted textbooks early so they would be available at
the start of the school year.
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Implemented first stages of plan to transform Central Office into an
administrative structure that better supports local school needs.
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Developed and integrated a new financial management system that will
encompass budgeting, accounting and procurement options and allow DCPS
to produce cogent, coherent and timely financial reports.
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Implemented a world-class routing system to efficiently transport
special education students.
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Launched several new automated data collection and reporting systems.
These include a web-based employment application for summer school,
summer school report cards, principal's logs and the Special Education
Compensatory Education Tracking System.
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Customized a state-of-the-art Middleware system that uses XML
technology. The upgraded system will facilitate the exchange and
updating of information between arid among all school systems. This
system will reduce the need for schools to re-enter the same data on
multiple systems.
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Acquired and installed a state-of-the-art Food and Nutrition
formulation and distribution system. Features of the new system
include improved menu planning and free and reduced lunch
verification.
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Installed a customized Special Education Tracking System, which allows
local school and central administration staff to track the
identification, assessment and placement of students referred for
special education. The system will allow for reporting on IEP
development, 504 compliance, TAT meeting activities and the provision
of special and related services, in accordance with Medicaid
reimbursement protocols.
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Launched one of the most ambitious public awareness immunization
campaigns this community has ever seen.
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Installed the PeopleSoft software that will come on line later this
year and will effectively integrate and manage personnel and financial
data.
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Restructured the Communications Office to make it more proactive in
getting information to the community and promoting community/school
activities.
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Received the Reading Excellence Act Grant Initiative, a $4.2 million
grant from the U.S. Department of Education designed to teach every
child to read by the end of the third grade; provide every child with
the skills needed to learn to read once they enter school; expand the
number of family literacy programs; provide early intervention to
children at risk of being inappropriately identified for special
education, and base instruction on scientifically based research.
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Received $200,000 to fund activities and staffing to support startup
of the wraparound services component of the T9 initiative.
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Awarded a one-time grant of $25,000 from the Norwegian Prime Minister
to promote Olympic Ring Day. The money will be used to support
athletic activities.
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Received a grant of $3,000 from the American Nuclear Society to
purchase equipment and to pay for field trips to conduct advanced
level critical thinking activities at R.H. Terrell Junior High School.
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Awarded a grant of $11,672 from the Pre-professional program at Howard
University to assist in the school's efforts to increase the level of
interest of Terrell's students in health-related professions.
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Received a one-time gift/grant of $1,300 from the United States Secret
Service Presidential Protection Division to promote a student uniform
policy.
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Established a citywide Family Literacy Consortium, which resulted in
the awarding of a two-year State Initiative Grant from the U.S.
Department of Education to develop quality indicators, improved
program evaluation and increased community awareness and support.
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Raised over $30,000 in grants, as a result of efforts by a Teach for
America teacher who established a laptop computer lab in his classroom
and created a digital photography course.
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Implemented the DC School to Careers four-year grant of $9.6 million.
It is designed to represent a comprehensive systems approach to
learning and workforce development for the city's youth.
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Supplemented, during the last four fiscal years, the DCPS budget by
more than $110 million in grant monies.
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Recognized by The US Department of Education for the integrated
program review.
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Received and spent in 1998, $86.4 million in non-appropriated grant
money.
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Received and spent in 1999, $92.5 million in non-appropriated grant
money.
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Received and spent in 2000, $107 million in non-appropriated grant
money.
- Received and spent in 2001, $118 million in non-appropriated grant
money
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Pending $17 for fiscal year 2002
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Implemented new grants tracking system online using the Filemaker Pro
database management system
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Provided new support equipment in 106 public schools through Grants
office activities.
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Initiated an Immunization program, which alerted parents, the public and
students that all students must have the required childhood
immunizations.
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Provided immunizations to over 21,000 students in just eight weeks.
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Implemented new truancy policy to capture students who still remain
out of compliance with the immunization requirement.
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Developed new and expanded programs serving students in all disability
categories.
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Created seven (7) new programs to serve students with emotional
disturbances who require a separate school placement.
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Initiated new programs to serve students with autism, learning
disabilities, mental retardation, communication disorders and hearing
impairments.
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Implemented new technology driven programs to facilitate the
educational status of students.
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Provided summer school to over 21,000 students
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Broke ground for construction and renovation of (6) new school
buildings.
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Improved the school system's food services operation.
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Established dress codes for DCPS students. One hundred (100) schools
have adopted uniform policies - eighty-nine (89) elementary schools, six
(6) middle schools and five (5) junior high schools. Approximately
41,352 district students wear uniforms to schools.
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Accepted Out of boundary applications from parents who wish to enroll
their children in schools other than their neighborhood schools.
Reponses will be delivered to parents on or before March 29, 2002.
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Achieved a collective bargaining agreement after more than 8 years of
a non-negotiated contract. This agreement covers more than 700
educational aides, clerical and support personnel between DCPS and the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees,
represented by local 2921.
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Successfully concluded negotiations with AFSCME Local 2921 using
interest-based bargaining. The Board approved the tentative agreement
between labor and management on February 20, 2002, and the agreement
is being forwarded to the Mayor for transmittal to City Council.
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[Please, only use the following if this publication is dated after
March 20, 2002.] Successfully concluded negotiations with the
Washington Teachers' Union using interest-based bargaining. The Board
approved the tentative agreement between labor and management on March
20, 2002, and the agreement is being forwarded to the Mayor for
transmittal to City Council.
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Settled on an agreement between defendants and plaintiffs' counsel in
the Nelson, et al. v. D.C., et al. class action relating to emergency
evacuation plans for mobility impaired students, which requires
maintaining updated records of mobility impaired students, and updated
evacuation plans as children move into and out of various schools.
Training of staff to implement the evacuation plans is also required.
The court approved the agreement on February 20, 2002, with no
objections from the public or members of the bar. The agreement will
automatically expire (sunset) on or around February 20, 2004, absent
any court order to the contrary.
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Completed the plan for Transforming Procurement for the District of
Columbia Public Schools: A Blueprint for Action, which outlines both
a new mission for the Office of Contracting and Acquisitions, and
the six strategies identified by a team of DCPS school and program
personnel for creating a procurement operation that will serve as a
model for the city and other school systems.
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Hired an award-winning procurement expert to work with the
Contracting and Acquisitions staff to develop an implementation plan
to realize the six strategies.
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Created a dedicated team to manage procurement for the DCPS capital
program and develop an annual procurement schedule to support the
execution of capital projects.
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Completed a scope of work for a procurement pilot that will enable
selected schools, programs within academic services, and facilities
management to order goods and services directly from suppliers,
thereby shortening delivery times and providing them with greater
choice and control over the goods and services they receive;
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Completed a draft Blueprint implementation plan, which includes
instructions for organization of staff, transformation of business
practices, and other improvements required to realize the six
strategies outlined in the Blueprint.
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A. Educational Campaigns
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Held community meetings in areas around Transformation (T-9) Schools
since last May. School officials, traveling in caravans, shuttled city
officials and other community leaders to tour the schools. They also
handed out buttons, hats, clipboards and ink pens.
- Launched the "Readiness For School" Campaign - During the
summer of 2001, DCPS officials provided parents with tips on getting
their children ready for a successful school year. Suggestions
included having immunization and other health records up to date and
close at hand, having proof of residency, practicing personal safety
and other related information. Practical tips were also offered to
parents to help them prepare their children for the night before, and
the morning of, the first day of school. The aim of the outreach
effort was to get parents involved early in the process and keep them
involved throughout the school year.
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Developed and Implemented the Crisis Preparation Information Campaign
after September 11 to keep DCPS students and families informed about
the emergency plans of the school system. DCPS officials spoke with
parent groups; placed information on the DCPS website about school
safety; distributed anthrax information following the deaths of six
people exposed to anthrax spores, and designed a crisis plan. Also,
the school system distributed weather radios and mailed emergency
preparation home guides to more than 60,000 households. DCPS also ran
crisis information tips on DC28.
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Produced a document in conjunction with the DC Department of Health
and the Emergency Management Agency that informed the public about
biochemical warfare and how they should respond.
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Launched a broad-based Immunization Public Awareness and Information
Campaign with the DC Department of Health and a wide range of
community partners to get 21,()00 District school children immunized.
Officials traveled throughout the city encouraging parents with the
slogan, "Why Take the Risk and Be Missed." Healthcare
professionals, social service representatives and school employees
visited homes and searched communities to reach as many children and
parents as possible. Pep rallies and press conferences were held and
presentations were made at a variety of social, civic and community
meetings. School and health officials appeared on radio and television
programs to discuss the outreach effort and encourage those who were
not yet in compliance to do so. Student Street Teams comprised of DCPS
students and roving leaders, distributed more than 400,000 fliers in
neighborhoods throughout the city. DCPS sent seven mailings to parents
encouraging them to get their children immunized.
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B. DC28
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Aired information vital and pertinent to parents, students and the
wider community. For example, in the aftermath of the September 11
tragedy, DC28 broadcast special information letting parents and
students know how the school system was responding to the crisis.
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Broadcast messages from school and health officials during the
weeks-long Immunization Campaign, encouraging parents to immunize
their children. Since then, the station has been regularly
broadcasting Immunization updates.
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C. Publications
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Published the Overview of the Business Plan for Strategic Reform,
which outlines highlights of the Stendent's Transformation Plan for DC
Public Schools. The overview was mailed in August acrd September 2001,
to approximately 60,000 households in the District of Columbia.
Another 13,000 copies are being distributed to citizens at
community meetings, public libraries, parent conferences, special events,
neighborhood summits, etc. Full copies of the plan have been placed in
public libraries, ANC offices, and in each district school.
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Distributed the Family/Student School Guide SY-2002.
This guide was DCPS' first consolidated effort to provide families and
students with important information as students began the new school year.
The School Guide was designed to provide parents with tips on how to make
the 2002 school year a successful one. It also provided the public with
information on the new initiatives being implemented by Superintendent
Paul L. Vance to transform the District's school system into a model for
the nation. The guide was mailed and distributed to approximately 75,000
families, students and citizens.
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Mailed "Dates to Remember" Postcards each
month since November 2001. More than 45,000 postcards that highlight DCPS
district-wide events and activities are mailed to households in the
District and to DCPS stakeholders.
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Created DCPS Master Calendar of Events, a compilation
of all events and activities in the school system. Beginning, July 2001,
more than 600 copies of the calendar are being distributed each month to
schools, parent groups, libraries and community agencies.
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Mailed Holiday/Seasons Greeting Card, a Holiday card
from the Office of the Superintendent sent in December to parent/advocacy
groups, community organizations, stakeholders and others, wishing them a
happy holiday season and thanking them for their participation in the
progress made by the school system and requesting continued support for a
successful school year.
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D. Special Events
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Planned and co-hosted the DCPS and DHS Multicultural
Information Fair, the first information fair for multicultural families in
the Adams-Morgan section of the city. Held in May 2001, the fair was
designed to increase family awareness of DCPS policies, rules and
regulations and to provide families with information on all programs,
activities and events of the school system. Various government agencies
and community support agencies were on-site to present information on a
range of family and youth support services. Ethnic food was served and a
cultural arts exhibition and a performing arts show were presented.
Approximately 1,500 people received information at the outdoor event,
which was held on the grounds of DC Department of Parks and Recreation's
headquarters and Lincoln School.
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Co-sponsored the Parent Involvement Conference in
collaboration with District of Columbia parent groups, community
organizations, and neighborhood advisory commissions. The conference, held
October 190' and 20'", 2001 at Eastern Senior High School, featured
workshops, exhibitors, and school personnel from all school divisions
sharing meaningful ways to improve services to DC's students and their
families. Participants addressed specific reds in special education,
career development, college preparation, community-based programs, and
school system operations. Solicited community involvement in several ways,
including posting fliers on DCPS and DC Government websites; handing out
material in neighborhoods with the help of the City Year organization;
distributing fliers to every student at the elementary school level;
videotaping messages aired on DC 28; and sending internal e-mail messages
to DCPS staff and faculty.
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Co-hosted The District of Columbia Public Schools Superintendent's Prayer
Breakfast. More than 1,000 people, parents, pest advocacy groups, unity leaders, city officials
attended the breakfast on November 3, 2001. The event was
planned and hosted by the Ministerial Partnership, which is a coition between DCPS and the
faith community. Proceeds went to the Superintendent's Student Services Fund and the
September 11
Memorial Fund.
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Presented the DCPS Enrollment Fair at the NBC 4 Your
Health and Fitness Fair. The Enrollment Fair, held January 19, 2002, gave
school officials the opportunity to tout the schools' achievements and to interact with parents and other adults. DCPS
staff set up booths, answered queries and handed out the "Children
First" Family/Student School Guide for SY 2002, a DCPS contact list,
school directories, Immunization fliers, refrigerator magnets and other
DCPS paraphernalia. More than 5,000 people attended the Fair and
approximately 200 families visited the DCPS booth.
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E. Customer Service
- Serviced and processed over 9,573 contacts since May 2001. Contacts
include telephone calls and walk-ins of DCPS personnel, parents, students, community members and
representatives from government agencies, and school advocates. The Call Center handles calls
on school issues such as attendance, enrollment, school records, tutoring resources, human
resources, special education and other general information.
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