No.14 April 06, 2011

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Serving Foggy Bottom & the West End
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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HOW ’BOUT THEM APPLES
Cuts threaten overtime police detail
■ Budget: Fund for bar hires
ran dry, may not be reinstated
By CAROL BUCKLEY
Current Staff Writer
A popular program that helps
area bars hire overtime Metropolitan
Police Department officers is on
possibly permanent hiatus, a casualty of the city’s ongoing budget
crunch.
In March, the fund that partially
subsidized the officers’ $55.21
hourly overtime pay ran out, despite
measures taken earlier this year to
restrict payments to hours of peak
need and to require bar owners to
pay a greater share of the officers’
salaries.
Now, the proposed 2012 budget
eliminates next year’s funding for
the program that has been credited
with improving safety along some
busy nightlife corridors.
“This program won’t be eliminated on my watch,” promised Ward
1 D.C. Council member Jim
Graham, who helped inaugurate the
subsidy three years ago. “We’ll find
the funding.”
A spokesperson for the Alcoholic
Beverage
Regulation
Administration said the program’s
funding status will be taken up at the
Alcoholic
Beverage
Control
Board’s June 1 meeting.
See Schools/Page 24
Walls parents battle major budget cut
By JESSICA GOULD
Bill Petros/The Current
The Dupont Circle FreshFarm Market, a producer-only market,
opened for the season Sunday with expanded hours and added
stands extending a block north of Q Street along 20th Street.
As part of the fiscal year 2012 budget package delivered to the D.C. Council last Friday, Mayor Vincent
Gray reaffirmed his commitment to D.C. public schools,
calling education reform his “No. 1 priority.”
But some school stakeholders are questioning the
truth of his words and the strength of his commitment.
“If [School Without] Walls’ budget is slashed, it’s
hard for me to see how school reform is moving forward
rather than moving backward,” said Terry Lynch, an
active parent at Walls, which is facing more than
$300,000 in cuts.
But Gray said he has worked hard to maintain funding for D.C. schools, despite the city’s $322 million
budget gap. His budget calls for $1.5 billion in local
funds to be put toward D.C. Public Schools, which — as
Gray underscored in his budget overview — amounts to
See Campus/Page 22
Under the mayor’s proposal, School Without Walls
would receive more than $300,000 less in its 2012
budget than it did this year.
Agency reconsiders
Wilson pool setup
E.L.Haynes teachers go viral
with test-prep YouTube video
By KATIE PEARCE
By JESSICA GOULD
Debate continues over whether the Wilson Aquatic
Center, as the District’s standout pool facility, should
cater toward the elite swimmers it consistently draws.
The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation is
now looking at a way to decrease the length of lap lanes
at the Olympic-size pool, according to agency director
Jesús Aguirre.
Currently, the main pool is set up most of the time
with 50-meter lanes running its length, an attractive
feature for athletes training for endurance.
Stephen Carlson, president of the DC Triathlon
Club, said swimmers from throughout the region go out
of their way to travel to the Tenleytown center, which
opened in August 2009 after a $34.7 million renova-
At E.L. Haynes Public Charter
School, teachers are putting their
songwriting skills to the test.
For the second year in a row, the
fifth-grade teachers at Haynes have
created a music video designed to
boost spirits for the D.C.
Comprehensive
Assessment
System, which is under way this
week.
“Haynes, show us what you
know. I love the way your answers
flow,” they sing. “All we gotta do is
work hard and use our tools. We’ll
NEWS
■ Van Ness neighbors
raise concerns about
UDC plan. Page 2.
■ Chevy Chase pair
launches partyhands
business. Page 25.
Bill Petros/Current File Photo
Some have argued that the 50-meter lanes at
Wilson Aquatic Center discourage patrons who
would prefer to swim shorter laps.
tion.
“It’s a state-of-the-art facility,” Carlson said.
“Compared to the rest of the public pools in the D.C.
area, it’s the best.”
See Pool/Page 23
VOTERS GUIDE
■ Candidates in April 26
special election vie for
vacant at-large D.C.
Council seat and Ward
4 school board post.
Page 14 – 19.
EVENTS
■ Portrait Gallery looks
inside local homes.
Page 31.
■ Keegan puts baseball
on stage with ‘National
Pastime.’ Page 30 .
proceed to rock this CAS.”
The YouTube video, which went
viral last week with nearly 4,000
views, sets test-taking strategies to
music, specifically to Waka
Flocka’s “No Hands.”
The video, dubbed “CAS Dance
by E.L. Haynes,” features students
and teachers dancing together as
they recite acronyms and mnemonics to help students test successfully.
“The kids love this song,” said
teacher Brigham Kiplinger.
Kiplinger and fellow teacher
Nate Franz started the YouTube tradition last year, with a music video
See DC-CAS/Page 23
INDEX
Business/25
Calendar/26
Classifieds/37
District Digest/4
Exhibits/31
Foggy Bottom News/11
In Your Neighborhood/10
Opinion/8
Police Report/6
Real Estate/21
School Dispatches/13
Service Directory/32
Theater/30
Week Ahead/3
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2011
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Van Ness residents raise
concerns about UDC plan
By BRADY HOLT
But some neighbors questioned
whether the university has the
resources to grow. “UDC is having
enough trouble maintaining its
facilities as they stand,” said one
resident at Wednesday’s meeting.
“Lord knows it’s gone from
Brutalist to decrepit in the time it’s
been here. … And yet you want to
build new?”
The campus plan does not outline any major renovations to current buildings except to partially
integrate the new student center
into existing structures. The student
center is envisioned as an 80,000square-foot, glass-faced, threestory building with a cafeteria, a
ballroom and other amenities, built
mostly on an existing plaza.
“Our concept is to use the student center as the new front door,
the new front porch to the university,” said architect Michael
Marshall.
University officials said they
hope the student center will achieve
the highest Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design designation, platinum. They said sustainability measures across the campus
are among the top priorities of the
10-year campus plan.
One of those measures — providing no additional parking, to discourage students from driving to
the campus — irked some neighbors, one of whom said the university was engaging in “social engineering” and that students in the
new dorms will end up clogging
nearby streets.
University officials said car
ownership could be incorporated
into the school’s code of conduct,
which it will revise when it prepares to accept student residents.
The code will also include stipulations about noise, though officials
noted the planned location for the
dormitory buildings — on an existSee UDC/Page 7
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campus and add dormitories drew
concerns last week from neighbors
who want assurances about building maintenance, student behavior
and traffic control.
But the several dozen residents
who attended the special meeting of
the Forest Hills/Van Ness advisory
neighborhood commission generally avoided the vehement opposition
that has characterized campus plan
discussions in other parts of the city.
The university released a draft
campus plan last month that outlines new construction and other
initiatives for the next 10 years,
largely focused on transforming
from a nontraditional, commuter
campus to a flagship-style fouryear institution. If the Zoning
Commission approves the plan, the
school will first build a student center at Connecticut Avenue and Van
Ness Street and will then seek
financing for two dormitories —
together housing 600 students — at
Van Ness and International Court.
“When students don’t have to
commute, they feel more a part of
the campus, and they don’t have to
worry about commuting out in the
city at all hours of the night,” said
Valerie Epps, the school’s vice
president for student affairs. “They
can stay here and take advantage of
our [facilities], so they’re more
inclined to be a part of the community; their student satisfaction rate
goes up” and retention improves,
she said.
The university hopes to expand
its enrollment, seeking a 7.5 percent annual growth rate over the
next decade — an overall increase
from 2,300 students last year to
4,700 to 5,000 in 2020, officials
said.
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Georgetown University proposes new beds, lower enrollment cap
By CAROL BUCKLEY
Georgetown University has amended its
controversial campus plan, adding new beds
for undergraduates and lowering the ceiling
for student enrollment at the school’s main
campus.
The proposal filed with the city’s Zoning
Commission, which will begin hearings on
the plan April 14, frames the changes as
designed to meet the demands of community
members opposed to the plan.
The school “now proposes significant concessions with the goal of framing a compromise … ,” reads the document.
The proposal calls for 250 new beds to be
added by the fall of 2014 either on or off campus — but outside the nearby residential
neighborhood.
And before the end of 2013, according to
the compromise, the school will relocate
1,000 continuing-studies students to a satellite
location.
That move will help the school meet a new
main-campus head-count ceiling of 15,000,
The week ahead
down from the 16,000 proposed earlier. The
main campus now holds 14,033 students.
But initial reactions suggest that the
changes do not go far enough to win support
from community groups that have come out
against the plan.
The Georgetown advisory neighborhood
commission declined Monday to modify its
resolution from last month that describes its
strong opposition to the campus plan. The
new proposals do not respond “nearly adequately” to the commission’s concerns, chair
Ron Lewis said at the meeting.
“We are still reviewing the information,”
wrote Burleith Citizens Association president Lenore Rubino in an email to The
Current. But at least initially, “it does not
appear to deal with the significant number
of students group rentals in our neighborhoods,” she added.
Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans
agreed that the change in undergraduate housing is not radical enough to win community
support. “It’s a step in the right direction, …
[but] they need to go further than that,” he said
in an interview.
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Wednesday, April 6
The D.C. Tenants’ Advocacy Coalition will hold a forum for candidates seeking
the vacant at-large D.C. Council seat. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 9
p.m. at the Sumner School Museum, 1201 17th St. NW.
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Thursday, April 7
The D.C. Council will hold a “community conversation” about Mayor Vincent
Gray’s nomination of Kaya Henderson as schools chancellor. The meeting will
begin at 6 p.m. at Lafayette Elementary School, 5701 Broad Branch Road NW.
■ The Howard Law Civil Rights Clinic will present the Ward 3 Democratic
Committee with a comprehensive memorandum of law outlining litigation strategies to take the issue of D.C. voting rights back to the courts. The meeting will
begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Moot Court Room at Howard Law School, 2900 Van
Ness St. NW.
Friday, April 8
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The DC Fiscal Policy Institute will hold a meeting to discuss the key issues in
the mayor’s proposed fiscal year 2012 budget and to outline elements of the
D.C. Council’s budget process. The meeting will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in
Room 120 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
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Sunday, April 10
Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will hold a “Chat With Cheh” event
for constituents. The event will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Avalon Cafe, 5612
Connecticut Ave. NW.
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The Crestwood Neighborhood League will hold a forum for candidates seeking
the vacant at-large D.C. Council seat. The forum will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at
Zion Baptist Church, 4850 Blagden Ave. NW.
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Tuesday, April 12
The Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Association will hold a meeting to
discuss American University’s 2011-2021 campus plan. The meeting will begin at
7 p.m. in the community center at Mann Elementary School, 4430 Newark St.
NW.
■ The Brightwood Community Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will
focus on beautification projects. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at St. John the
Baptist Church, 13th and Tuckerman streets NW.
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Wednesday, April 13
The Ward 4 Democrats group will hold a forum for candidates for the vacant
at-large D.C. Council seat. The meeting will also include an endorsement vote, as
well as remarks by candidates for the Ward 4 seat on the D.C. State Board of
Education. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at St. George’s Ballroom and
Conference Center, 4335 16th St. NW.
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Sidwell Friends School will host a blood drive for MedStar Health from 2 to 5
p.m. in the Wannan Gym on the upper school campus, located at 3825
Wisconsin Ave. NW.
■ The George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus will hold its quarterly
community meeting at 7 p.m. in the Webb Building on the campus, located at
2100 Foxhall Road NW.
Thursday, April 21
Ward 4 D.C. Council member and the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority will hold
a town-hall meeting on the authority’s future projects and other issues. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Shepherd Elementary School, 7800 14th St. NW.
Andrea Janosik
Thursday, April 14
Tuesday, April 26
The Georgetown Village will hold a community meeting to discuss the group’s
progress in establishing an aging-in-place initiative that will help neighbors stay in
their homes as they grow older. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at
Georgetown Presbyterian Church, 3115 P St. NW. For details, contact Sharon
Lockwood at 202-361-2482 or [email protected].
April 14–17, 2011
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District Digest
Jordan wins seat on
D.C. zoning board
After a brief pause, the D.C.
Council yesterday confirmed attorney Lloyd Jordan to a vacant seat
on the Board of Zoning
Adjustment.
Jordan, former director of the
D.C. Department of Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs and a close ally
of Mayor Vincent Gray, will sit on
the five-member panel that
approves exceptions to the zoning
code for buildings large and small.
Jordan’s March 2 nomination
caused some controversy because
there was little opportunity for
comment at a roundtable scheduled
for barely a week later. Some
activists also said they were worried that his old job at law firm
Holland & Knight, which often
represents developers before the
zoning board, would make him
unsympathetic to residents.
Council Chairman Kwame
Brown held up a confirmation vote
for several weeks to allow more
time for comment, but he said
Tuesday that he had received none.
Still, Ward 2 member Jack
Evans said he had received a number of emails from residents “very
concerned” about the appointment.
“I’m hearing from activists
involved in planning and zoning
that don’t believe he will be supportive of their concerns,” Evans
told The Current. He was the only
dissenter in the confirmation vote.
In a brief debate, Ward 8 mem-
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Group plans cleanups
at Rock Creek sites
Conservation group Friends of
Rock Creek’s Environment will
hold its third annual Rock Creek
Extreme Cleanup Saturday from 9
a.m. to noon.
Last year, more than 2,000 volunteers removed eight tons of loose
trash and 1,900 bags of trash,
including 7,500 plastic bags, from
along the 33-mile length of Rock
Creek in the District and
Montgomery County, according to
a release from the organization.
Volunteers can find a list of the
50-plus cleanup sites and sign up to
help at friendsofrockcreek.org.
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Park will celebrate its 70th anniversary with the launch of the new
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Plaza Sunday. Participants will
shave their heads and donate their
hair to Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for children
who lose their hair due to disease.
Since 2003, more than 1,000
George Washington University students have taken part in the annual
event, raising $95,000 for children
battling cancer.
Proceeds from the event go to
Camp Special Love, an organization that gives children with cancer
an opportunity to enjoy traditional
childhood activities with their families. Those who wish to participate
without cutting their hair can volunteer or donate money.
For more information, contact
[email protected].
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Chevy Chase activist aims to revive ERA effort
By LINDA LOMBARDI
Current Correspondent
Ask Chevy Chase’s Carolyn Cook what she does for
relaxation, and the answer is immediate: “I don’t relax.
I’m absolutely obsessed with this purpose.”
That purpose — working for equal treatment for
women — is one that Cook has pursued in many ways.
Now she’s taking it national: The organization she
founded, United for Equality, partnered with U.S. Rep.
Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., to introduce a bill on March
8 that would make it possible to revive and pass the
Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
Cook will tell you that the germ of her passion for
women’s rights goes back to her childhood, when her
parents divorced. After many years out of the workforce
as a full-time housewife, her mother couldn’t get a fulltime job with benefits, and the effect of this on the family was obvious whenever Cook visited her father.
“I’m a living example of the statistics that you read”
about how much worse off women are than men after
divorce, she said.
But her inspiration comes from more recent experience as well. Cook, who majored in communications at
American University, originally planned to work in children’s television. But the native Washingtonian, who
still lives in her childhood home, didn’t want to leave
the city, and she eventually ended up in a job at
Discovery Communications as program manager for
work/life initiatives. Her role there brought her face-toface with the differing experience of men and women in
the workplace.
“Woman are still the primary caregivers,” she said. “I
would hear story after story of how exhausted women
were that they didn’t have the support in the workplace.”
Cook’s job was to help come up with solutions, like
flexible working schedules. “It was great to work at a
company that tried to change the mind-set of how we do
business,” she said.
When she lost her job in a large cutback, the timing
was perfect for her to become swept up in another experience that brought women’s issues to the fore. “My
only consolation to being laid off was Hillary Clinton’s
campaign,” she said.
As a volunteer, Cook was inspired at how the Clinton
campaign brought people together, but there was also a
dark side to the experience.
“I was incredibly angry at how the media had treat-
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revive a 1970s anti-discrimination measure.
ed her,” she said. “I asked myself, what could I do with
this anger? How could I raise the consciousness of
America to value the contribution of women?”
An internship with the National Association of
Commissions for Women and volunteering with the
ERA Campaign Network inspired her to found her
organization.
In doing so, she was joining a crusade with a very
long history: The Equal Rights Amendment, which
would guarantee that “equality of rights under the law
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or
any state on account of sex,” was originally introduced
in 1923. Congress finally passed it in 1972, but added a
seven-year deadline for ratification by the states. After
two extensions of the time limit, 35 of the 38 required
states had passed the amendment.
Since the expiration of the last extension, the amendment has been reintroduced every year, but no further
action has been taken. If passed, however, these bills
would have required the whole process of ratification to
start over. Cook decided to take another approach.
So the bill that her organization helped introduce
will, if passed, remove the time limit, allowing a push to
get the last three states needed for ratification. Cook
explains that such time limits for ratification are not
required by the Constitution — and there’s a fairly
recent example that proves this kind of grass-roots effort
can work.
“Before the 18th Amendment, there was no time
limit,” she said, and in fact, “the last amendment that
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This is a listing of reports
taken from March 27 through
April 2 by the Metropolitan
Police Department in local
police service areas.
PSA 201
PSA 201
■ CHEVY CHASE
No incidents reported.
PSA 202
■ FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS
PSA
202
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PSA
205
WESLEY HEIGHTS/ FOXHALL
Theft (below $250)
■ 4400 block, Massachusetts
Ave.; university; 8:45 p.m.
March 31.
Theft from auto ($250 plus)
■ 4400 block, Chestnut Lane;
street; 9 a.m. March 31.
Stolen auto
■ 2500 block, Q St.; street; 9
p.m. March 30.
■ 1000 block, Wisconsin
Ave.; street; 10 p.m. April 1.
Theft (below $250)
■ 2900 block, M St.; unspecified premises; 4:05 p.m.
March 28.
■ P Street and Wisconsin
Avenue; restaurant; 10:30
a.m. March 30.
■ 3200 block, M St.; store;
4:45 p.m. March 31.
Ave.; store; 12:15 p.m. April
1.
■ 2900 block, M St.; store; 2
p.m. April 1.
2:45 p.m. April 1.
6:15 p.m. April 2.
Theft (shoplifting)
Ave.; grocery store; 3:55 p.m.
March 31.
PSA
PSA
203 203
PSA
PSA
207 207
Theft (below $250)
■ 2600 block, Upton St.; tavern; 12:30 a.m. April 2.
Theft from auto (below $250)
■ 3000 block, Davenport St.;
unspecified premises; 6:50
p.m. March 28.
■ 2900 block, Tilden St.;
street; 6 p.m. April 1.
Stolen auto
■ 23rd and H streets; street;
11 p.m. March 30.
Theft (below $250)
■ 900 block, 23rd St.; medical facility; 9:30 p.m. March
27.
PSA 204
■ MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
HEIGHTS/ CLEVELAND PARK
WOODLEY PARK / GLOVER
PSA
204
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PSA 205
Robbery (force and violence)
■ Van Ness Street and
Wisconsin Avenue; restaurant;
1:35 a.m. March 30.
Burglary
■ 4100 block, River Road;
residence; 7 a.m. March 30.
Stolen auto
■ 4100 block, Harrison St.;
street; 9:15 p.m. March 31.
Theft (below $250)
Ave.; store; 3:30 p.m. March
30.
■ 4300 block, 48th St.; grocery store; 12:50 p.m. March
31.
Theft (shoplifting)
Ave.; store; 2:15 p.m. March
31.
Ave.; parking lot; 5 p.m.
March 27.
■ 5100 block, 42nd St.;
street; 11:35 a.m. March 30.
■ 4400 block, Van Ness St.;
street; 7 a.m. March 28.
■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESS
R. Andrew Didden, Jr.
2900 block, Cleveland Ave.;
street; 4 p.m. April 2.
■
■ 2800 block, 28th St.; sidewalk; 4:50 p.m. March 29.
Robbery (snatch)
■ 2900 block, Connecticut
Ave.; parking lot; 2:30 p.m.
April 1.
Burglary
■ 3700 block, Macomb St.;
alley; 3 p.m. March 28.
Theft (below $250)
Ave.; store; 9:30 a.m. March
28.
Theft (shoplifting)
Ave.; store; 5:15 p.m. April 2.
■ 3000 block, Normanstone
Terrace; street; 10:15 p.m.
March 31.
PSA 206
PSA
206
■ GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH
■ FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END
PSA 208
■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA
PSA
208
DUPONT CIRCLE
Robbery (gun)
■ 1700 block, L St.; restaurant; 8:08 p.m. March 30.
Burglary
■ 1500 block, 17th St.;
restaurant; 4:24 a.m. March
30.
■ 1200 block, 20th St.;
restaurant; 5:09 a.m. March
30.
■ 1800 block, S St.; residence; 9 a.m. March 30.
■ 1800 block, S St.; residence; 10:15 a.m. March 30.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 1600 block, New
Hampshire Ave.; office building; 5 p.m. March 31.
Theft (below $250)
■ 1400 block, U St.; street;
8:45 p.m. March 27.
■ 1700 block, Rhode Island
Ave.; office building; 11:45
a.m. March 29.
■ 2100 block, P St.; store;
1:30 p.m. March 30.
1800 block, K St.; store;
3:40 p.m. March 31.
■ 17th and P streets; sidewalk; 6:30 p.m. April 1.
■ 1300 block, 22nd St.;
Ave.; parking lot; 5:30 a.m.
March 30.
■ 1800 block, Swann St.;
street; 5:45 p.m. April 1.
■ Connecticut Avenue and De
Sales Street; street; 8:40
p.m. April 2.
■ 2100 block, L St.; street; 5
p.m. March 27.
■ 2100 block, O St.; street;
9:30 p.m. March 27.
Ave.; street; 6:45 p.m. March
29.
■ 1800 block, T St.; street;
11:45 a.m. March 30.
Ave.; street; 7 p.m. March
30.
■ 1800 block, N St.; street;
10:30 p.m. March 30.
Ave.; parking lot; 8 a.m.
March 31.
■ Florida Avenue and Phelps
Place; street; 7 p.m. March
31.
■ 22nd and K streets; street;
11 p.m. March 31.
■ 20th Street and Sunderland
Place; street; 11:45 a.m.
April 1.
■ 1600 block, O St.; street; 6
p.m. April 1.
■ 1600 block, M St.; street;
3:30 p.m. April 2.
■ 1200 block, 20th St.;
street; 9:25 p.m. April 2.
■
PSA
PSA
303 303
■ ADAMS MORGAN
■ 17th and Euclid streets;
sidewalk; 2:03 a.m. April 2.
■ 2300 block, Champlain St.;
street; 3:45 a.m. April 2.
Robbery (pocketbook snatch)
public housing; 7:05 p.m.
March 30.
Stolen auto
■ 1700 bock, Columbia Road;
sidewalk; 5:30 p.m. March
31.
Theft (below $250)
■ 2000 block, 18th St.; alley;
3 p.m. March 27.
parking lot; 7 a.m. March 30.
■ 1800 block, Columbia Road;
street; 4 p.m. March 27.
■ 2000 block, 18th St.; parking lot; 9:30 p.m. March 27.
■ 1800 block, Wyoming Ave.;
■ 2600 block, Adams Mill
Road; street; 3:30 p.m.
March 29.
■ 2700 block, Adams Mill
Road; street; 9:30 a.m.
March 31.
■ 1600 block, Florida Ave.;
unspecified premises; 9 p.m.
April 1.
PSA 307
■ LOGAN CIRCLE
PSA
307
Robbery (assault)
■ 1300 block, 12th St.; sidewalk; 9:20 p.m. March 29.
■ 1200 block, 11th St.;
Theft (below $250)
■ 1300 block, 13th St.; residence; 7 p.m. March 27.
■ 1400 block, Rhode Island
Ave.; residence; 2:48 p.m.
March 28.
Theft (attempt)
■ 1400 block, Church St.;
unspecified premises; 12:20
p.m. March 29.
Theft (tags)
■ 1500 block, 10th St.;
■ 1500 block, Kingman Place;
■ Columbia and P streets;
■ 1200 block, N St.; street;
noon March 29.
■ 1300 block, Naylor Court;
parking lot; 7 p.m. March 29.
■ 1300 block, M St.; street;
9:30 p.m. April 1.
PSA 401
■ COLONIAL VILLAGE
PSA
401
SHEPHERD PARK / TAKOMA
Theft (shoplifting)
■ 100 block, Carroll St.;
store; 8:14 p.m. April 2.
PSA 402
■ BRIGHTWOOD / MANOR PARK
PSA
402
LAMOND RIGGS
Robbery (gun)
■ 1300 block, Fort Stevens
Drive; residence; 3 p.m.
March 29.
■ 6200 block, New
Hampshire Ave. NE; gas station; 11:20 a.m. March 27.
Assault with a dangerous
weapon (knife)
■ 800 block, Somerset Place;
sidewalk; 2:35 p.m. March
31.
Assault with a dangerous
weapon (other)
■ 6200 block, Georgia Ave.;
grocery; 6:15 p.m. March 28.
■ 6200 block, 5th St.; bus
stop; 3:40 p.m. April 1.
Stolen auto
■ 900 block, Rittenhouse St.;
gas station; 4 p.m. April 1.
Theft (below $250)
■ 6100 block, Kansas Ave.
NE; school; noon March 28.
liquor store; 3:24 p.m. March
28.
■ 100 block, Kennedy St.;
store; 8:50 p.m. March 28.
gas station; 2:33 a.m. March
29.
■ Eastern and New
Hampshire avenues; gas station; 7:17 a.m. April 1.
■ 600 block, Nicholson St.
NE; street; 8 p.m. April 1.
THE CURRENT
UDC
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ing soccer field — is as far from
residences as possible.
The university does not yet have
an exact timeline or design for its
planned dorms, and is not yet sure
whether it will receive city funding
or partner with a private developer
— with the developer paying for
construction but collecting the students’ rent — to build them.
The $40 million student center
received a $35 million appropriation from the D.C. Council, with
student fees covering the remaining
$5 million.
Unlike university neighbors in
other parts of the city, Van Ness residents are new to the campus plan
process; the Zoning Commission
had not previously required the
University of the District of
Columbia to submit one. Neighbors
of American, Georgetown and
George Washington universities are
veterans of several iterations of
those schools’ planning processes.
But some Van Ness residents
have paid heed to controversial
campus plan discussions elsewhere
in the city — one resident followed
the lead of Foggy Bottom/West End
residents in asking that the university offer an additional entrance to its
Metro station. “It really doesn’t
seem to be even feasible to increase
the population using [the Van
Ness/UDC station] and have everyone using the existing egress,” the
resident said. Officials noted that
the university’s enrollment was
higher in the 1980s than in its 2020
target and said an additional
entrance would be cost-prohibitive.
Another point of contention to
emerge at the meeting was the temporary housing of student athletes
in the Van Ness South apartment
building. Residents unhappy about
the students already living in 31
apartments in the building were further dismayed at the campus plan’s
request to allow up to 100 university-rented units. University officials
said the practice will cease once
dorm space becomes available. In
the meantime, they said, the school
does not expect to rent more units.
In a separate proceeding, the
Board of Zoning Adjustment yesterday denied an appeal by residents of Van Ness South challenging the university’s right to split up
apartments in their building.
The Zoning Commission will
take up the full campus plan on May
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Taxing questions
The austere budget Mayor Vincent Gray presented on Friday was
no April Fool’s joke: Financial pressures had left the city with a
$322 million gap, and the mayor had to find ways to fill it.
While we’re not enthusiastic about the idea of cuts or tax increases, we think some of the proposals are more reasonable than others.
On the revenue side, increasing the parking garage tax, expanding
the sales tax to include theater performances and allowing liquor
stores to sell alcohol until midnight all seem prudent, given the circumstances.
Of course, we’d prefer to see parking rates unchanged, but we
recognize that the impact — compared with most revenue-raising
measures — would fall largely on commuters, meaning less pain felt
by locals. And while encouraging live performances by excluding
them from sales taxes would be ideal, this is not the time for an ideal
budget. We also have no problem with expanding the hours of alcohol sales.
Other measures could use tweaking or further study, including
proposals to repeal a sunset on a recent sales tax increase, adjust
income-tax withholding and raise the tax rate for those making more
than $200,000.
On the sales tax, our opinion is simple: We would prefer to see
the sunset delayed, rather than the 6 percent tax made permanent.
The income withholding is more confusing. The mayor’s documents say excluding the standard deduction when determining how
much to take out of residents’ paychecks would result in revenue of
$41 million the first year, $5 million the next year and then $1.8 million in each of the next two years. The council should take a particularly close look at this proposal. At first glance, the widely divergent
projections make this look like an accounting gimmick — or else a
back-door tax hike, since the money is coming from somewhere.
Legislators should also consider carefully the proposed increase in
the income tax for top earners. We continue to have concerns that
this change would discourage affluent people from moving into D.C.
and encourage some residents to leave. When the District dropped its
tax rates in the past, the number of high earners increased — though
it’s hard to say if other factors, such as frustration over long commutes, were at play. The council should get a handle on likely
impacts before voting for this increase.
Unreasonable cuts
The budget reductions proposed for School Without Walls in the
next fiscal year are draconian.
Though the school is projected to enroll an additional 63 students,
the total budget is dropping by more than $300,000. The per-pupil
allocation would drop from $10,581 to $8,683.
Meanwhile, some bigger schools are seeing increased funds, partly because of a change in the way funding is calculated for all
schools. Officials implemented a new $8,400-per-student minimum,
which meant more money for large schools such as Wilson High.
That’s probably appropriate. Though Wilson can generally keep
costs down more than a smaller school, because of economies of
scale, it could certainly use the extra support. The change — which
increases the school’s budget from $9 million this fiscal year to
$12.9 million in the next — allow for new teachers and decreased
class sizes, said parent Matt Frumin.
Complaints about the disparity in funding between large comprehensive high schools and small specialty schools have been around
for a while, but a report by the Senior High Alliance of Parents,
Principals and Educators — and a story in The Washington Post —
helped push the issue to the fore this year.
The question now is whether some small schools are getting short
shift. In the case of Walls, we think it is. D.C. Council members
should seek to restore as much of the school’s funding as possible.
THE CURRENT
Finally, dirt flies downtown …
A
nyone who passes the old convention center
site at New York Avenue and 9th Street NW
is likely to wonder if anything will ever be
built there.
The old center was imploded back in December
of 2004. The 10-acre site has housed a parking lot
and a grab bag of events like Cirque de Soleil,
Christmas craft fairs and tennis matches.
But plans for a massive new development of
housing, retail and office
buildings waited for
years as the economy
itself imploded.
Until now.
On Monday there was a ceremonial groundbreaking — finally — for construction of a $700 million
project. It’s a sign of the tough economic times that
it’s being entirely financed by the Qatar Investment
Authority.
It’s the “last big piece of downtown,” Mayor
Vincent Gray said at the ceremony.
Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans said
the developers — Hines/Archstone — began paying
property taxes on the site Monday. “And the taxes
will grow and grow as this gets built,” he added. It’s
estimated the fully built-out site will generate more
than $30 million a year in taxes.
■ Political dirt. Dirt of a different kind is flying
around the Sulaimon Brown scandal.
News4 was first to report this week that Lorraine
Green, Mayor Gray’s closest adviser in his campaign
and early administration, withdrew her name from
consideration to be chair of the Washington
Convention and Sports Authority.
Although the official announcement said Green
was going to pursue a business opportunity and
would not have time for the convention job, everyone knows she withdrew because of the Brown
investigation, which includes a look into why he was
hired for a $110,000-a-year city job.
Brown, a former minor candidate for mayor,
alleges that Green paid him to attack then-Mayor
Adrian Fenty during the campaign. Green has
denied the allegation.
Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh is scheduled
to hold a second hearing on the hiring practices of
Gray’s administration, after she led an initial inquiry
last week. Green — who helped select and place
many people in the Gray administration — was
scheduled to testify at tomorrow’s hearing. But she
will instead appear at a third hearing, to be held
April 11, according to Cheh’s office.
The central character in this drama — Brown —
is scheduled to testify tomorrow.
The first hearing got off to a fractious start when
at-large Council member David Catania accused
Cheh of “whitewashing” the Gray hiring scandal.
Cheh says she wants to find out what happened, but
won’t permit a “witch hunt” on her committee.
Well, this is one reporter who’s anxious to see
how Catania does battle
with Brown.
Some folks in the
Gray administration
want to save the mayor
more embarrassment.
They’re hoping that if
anyone did pay off Brown, that person will come
forward and take whatever punishment is warranted
so Gray can get on with being mayor.
It would be a service to the mayor. Few if any
believe Gray was involved directly with Brown, but
right now, no one really knows what happened
except those who aren’t telling.
■ More dirt. Adams Morgan activist Bryan Weaver
is one of the candidates in the April 26 special election to fill the at-large seat previously held by
Kwame Brown, now council chairman.
Weaver is running as a reform candidate (so are
others), and he recently put out a video about
“D.C.’s Dirtiest Jobs.” In it, Weaver is seen scooping
dog poop, serving as a towel boy in a gym, cleaning
bowling shoes and working as a busboy (“He’s terrible,” a restaurant worker says).
He’s also shown working as a “leasing agent”
trying to pitch a “fully loaded” SUV with “black on
black interior.” That’s a clear slap at Brown’s cityleased vehicle.
Weaver ends the video in front of the Wilson
Building. “But no job is as dirty as this one,” he
says, pointing back to the building. He says he’s
come to clean it up, “without being dirty” himself.
Funny ad. You can see it at bryanweaverdc.com.
It’s nice to see a little creativity alongside the humdrum campaign signs now dotting a few yards.
■ Treated like dirt. Mayor Gray did the ceremonial
“Play ball!” shout last week at the Nationals’ home
opener. Unfortunately for Gray, he was met with a
cascade of boos.
It’s not uncommon for fans to boo politicians, but
this crowd was pretty lusty. Unfortunately, Gray is
better known for his missteps than for his strong
support of baseball.
Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.
TOM SHERWOOD’S
NOTEBOOK
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Ward 4 doesn’t need
or want a Walmart
It gives me great concern that
The Current’s March 30 article
“City planners to consider
Walmart bid,” on a matter as
important to our community as
the Curtis Chevrolet site and
Walmart, would quote advisory
neighborhood commissioner Sara
Green, whose single-member district is more than two miles away
from the site.
I am equally concerned that
the commissioner from the affected district, Doug Smith, was not
consulted about this project, since
the community he represents is
directly and drastically affected.
We do not want Walmart in
Ward 4. We are not giving up and
will continue to fight against it.
However, for those — like Sara
Green and, unfortunately, Ward 4
D.C. Council member Muriel
Bowser — who seem enthralled
by Walmart, there is a sound proposal being suggested by neighborhood commissioner Brenda
Speaks, whose single-member
district is directly affected.
Commissioner Speaks suggests
that the best solution to this problem is to have Walmart placed at
the Walter Reed Army Medical
Center site.
Why is the Walter Reed site
appropriate?
• The infrastructure for a large
new store is already in place.
• Increased traffic flow would not
have dangerous consequences at
Walter Reed. The D.C.
Department of Transportation has
labeled the intersection of
Georgia Avenue and Missouri
Avenue a “failed intersection.”
• There are several schools in the
immediate area of the Curtis
Chevrolet site whose students
would be put in extreme danger
by increased traffic flow.
Contrary to your article, which
cites Walmart’s application, it is
unrealistic to assume that traffic
flow “would generate a net
increase of 188 car trips during
morning rush hour and 272 during evening rush hour.” In fact,
there are estimates for the traffic
impact numbers as high as, and
even higher than, 2,400 (1,200
trips twice a day).
There is something else that is
disturbing about this whole discussion. It is the human element.
We in Ward 4 are not automatons
or pieces on a chessboard to be
played with. It is unfair and
unnecessary to put a hardship of
this magnitude on the community
that would be directly impacted
by Walmart. In fact, of all the
proposed Walmarts in the city,
this is the only site that would
directly impact an old, established
residential community.
Edna Doggett
Washington, D.C.
THE CURRENT
Don’t roll back progress at Walls with cuts
VIEWPOINT
TERRY LYNCH
O
ver the last several years, School Without
Walls has improved itself in order to meet or
exceed the high standards set by other top public and private schools. At many surrounding county
public schools, and D.C. private schools, both facilities
and programs have gone through significant upgrades.
The progress made at Walls has been recognized by
educational leaders. Just last September, U.S. Secretary
of Education Arne Duncan conveyed upon the school
“Blue Ribbon” status — citing its challenging curriculum and achievements by students from diverse
socioeconomic backgrounds. D.C. Public Schools has
conferred upon the school “autonomous status” for its
excellent performance and management, as well as
parental engagement.
The school’s goal is to help students — who hail
from all eight wards of the city — to be college-ready.
The school’s achievements are reflected in the college
acceptances of its students — at Ivy League schools
such as the University of Pennsylvania and Brown, to
outstanding schools such as Emory, Swarthmore,
Carnegie Mellon, Barnard, Amherst and Williams, and
to top state schools such as Michigan, Texas and North
Carolina.
Now, however, D.C. Public Schools, under the leadership of acting Chancellor Kaya Henderson, is threatening to pull the rug out from under Walls’ carefully
planned growth — by slashing the school’s per-pupil
funding by $2,000 and increasing its enrollment by 10
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Editorial on at-large
election hedged bets
As a longtime reader who
appreciates The Current’s coverage
of local politics, I was puzzled by
the conclusion of your March 23
editorial “For at-large council.”
You extolled Bryan Weaver as
“the most knowledgeable challenger we have interviewed over
the past 16 years.”
First, Mr. Weaver is not a challenger, as the present holder of the
council seat in question, Sekou
Biddle, has only interim status and
was not publicly elected.
You went on to worry that Mr.
Weaver is not well-known enough
outside of his Adams Morgan base,
and thus might not be “electable,”
and so settled on Mr. Biddle.
But I expect more from The
Current. I would hope The Current
would recommend the best-qualified candidate to its readers. Doing
so would clearly help with the
question of electability.
Having followed this campaign
and witnessed a recent forum, I
agree with The Current about Mr.
Weaver’s strengths. I also have the
advantage of having worked with
him as my advisory neighborhood
commissioner for eight years.
There is still time for The
percent.
No other school suffered such a large cut in next
year’s proposed budget. The increase in enrollment is
occurring simply in order to keep the cuts from going
even deeper. In 2011-12, the school will face a realdollar reduction of more than $300,000 from this
year’s budget, and it will have to absorb operational
cost increases of about 5 percent.
The increase in enrollment of about 45 students will
be achieved only by holding some classes at FrancisStevens Education Campus a number of blocks away.
Walls is already well over capacity at its Grant School
location at 2130 G St. NW.
To remain competitive, Walls has expanded its
array of Advanced Placement offerings — world history, literature and science AP courses are offered.
Competitive schools can no longer just offer language
study in French and Spanish, and Walls now also
offers Chinese and Latin. Yet now the proposed cuts
threaten programs across the board with cutbacks and
reductions, increased class sizes and even elimination.
Hopefully, now that Mayor Vincent Gray has transmitted his budget proposal to the D.C. Council, a better
plan can be devised. Walls is a model of how D.C.
Public Schools students can succeed when provided
the right environment. It should not be punished or
find its resources dramatically reduced for succeeding;
that sends the wrong signal to our students. The message would be that school reform in D.C. is in retreat,
and that achievements of recent years are going to be
rolled back. That cannot be allowed to occur.
Terry Lynch is vice president of the School Without
Walls Home and School Association.
Current to present a solid endorsement of the candidate it was most
impressed with, in an editorial that
doesn’t hedge its bet.
Denis James
Adams Morgan
UDC article didn’t
convey concerns
The Current’s March 16 article
“UDC plans draw neighbors’ initial
support” reported that “ … Van
Ness residents voiced their support
Saturday for development goals of
the University of the District of
Columbia.” This does not accurately reflect the position of homeowners I know on the blocks of Van
Ness Street closest to the university. The neighborhood is already
under considerable stress from traffic and parking problems associated with the university’s students,
the embassy complex and illegal
heavy trucks.
Thanks to the article, numerous
concerns have emerged, not the
least of which is that the plan
appears to have been developed
without an impact study on residential neighborhoods. Like neighbors coping with the ambitious
plans of Georgetown and American
universities, my neighbors and I
will also be working through our
D.C. Council member and our
advisory neighborhood commissioners to raise our concerns.
The university’s master plan
appears to have been developed in
a vacuum with little or no input
from property-tax-paying neighbors, and less regard for potential
impact on their neighborhoods. The
fact that the university’s plan arbitrarily defines a radius of 200 yards
from the borders of the facility as
the only recognized impact area
ensured that only two people on
my street were advised of the
plan’s existence. Given the plan’s
projected use of contractors and
developers to realize a new student
center and 600-person dorms on a
small campus designed for commuters, one has to wonder if the
school has decided to pursue the
“university as big business” model
at taxpayers’ expense.
The university’s master plan
offers an aspiring vision, but there
is a difference between a vision and
a plan. A true plan first requires
assumptions based on demographic
and operational reality. A workable
plan includes impact studies on
other affected interests, as well as
analysis of long-term institutional,
budget and maintenance resource
implications and an assessment of
sound budgetary trade-offs. By all
accounts, the university’s record on
these last two items has not been
impressive and offers no assurance
of how the vision-oriented “master
plan,” once approved, might actually be implemented.
Stephanie Kinney
North Cleveland Park
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In Your Neighborhood
ANC 1C
ANCMorgan
1C
Adams
■ ADAMS MORGAN
The commission will meet at
7 p.m. April 6 at Mary’s Center,
2355 Ontario Road NW.
Agenda items include:
■ public safety report.
■ presentation by Eugene Pinkard,
principal of the Marie Reed
Learning Center.
■ announcements.
■ public comments.
■ update on the 18th Street reconstruction project from community
liaison Tom Pipkin.
■ consideration of voluntary agreements with The Reef and Town
Tavern.
■ committee reports.
■ consideration of a motion regarding event participation and cosponsorship by the commission.
■ consideration of a motion for
reimbursement of the cost of a new
lock for the commission’s storage
locker.
■ consideration of a resolution congratulating Adams Morgan winners
of the “Best of DC 2011” contest.
For details, call 202-332-2630
or visit anc1c.org.
ANC 2A
ANCBottom
2A
Foggy
■ FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END
7 p.m. April 13 at Heart House,
2400 N St. NW.
■ public comments.
■ public safety report.
■ discussion of a Stevens School
Independent
leadership
that will stand
with you.
The experience, integrity and
accountability to improve our city.
Vote in the special election,
TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH.
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vision statement.
■ discussion of a trial period for
extended hours at 7-Eleven, 912
New Hampshire Ave.
■ discussion of the 2011 Marine
Corps Marathon.
■ discussion of Duke Ellington
Park maintenance.
■ consideration of Alcoholic
Beverage
Regulation
Administration issues: Bayou (formerly The Rookery), 2519
Pennsylvania Ave., cooperative
agreement; Wine Specialist, 2101
L St., transfer of ownership and
change in location; American
Foreign Service Club, 2101 E St.,
renewal; Washington Suites
Georgetown, 2500 Pennsylvania
Ave., tavern-class license; Shadow
Room, 2131 K St., nightclub-class
license, new summer garden; and
Circa at Foggy Bottom, 2221 I St.,
restaurant-class license, summer
garden.
■ discussion of the Army TenMiler.
■ presentation on smart meters.
■
update on the George
Washington University Science
and Engineering Complex (Square
55).
■ discussion of the George
Washington University School of
Public Health project (Square 39).
■ discussion of a sidewalk cafe at
Whole Foods Market.
or visit anc2a.org.
ANC 2B
ANC Circle
2B
Dupont
■ DUPONT CIRCLE
7 p.m. April 13 in the Brookings
Institution building, 1775
Massachusetts Ave. NW.
■ remarks by at-large D.C. Council
member Phil Mendelson.
■ announcements.
■ presentation by Youth Pride
regarding a request for support of
an April 30 event being held in
Dupont Circle.
■ consideration of a request for
removal of an unused U.S. Postal
Service storage box at 1615 Q St.
■ presentation by the D.C. Office
of Zoning on its new interactive
online zoning map.
■ consideration of applications by
Local 16, 1602 U St., for a new
sidewalk cafe on New Hampshire
Avenue.
■ consideration of an application
by Ezme, 2016 P St., for a sidewalk
cafe on public space and a change
of license class from DR to CR.
■ consideration of a public-space
application by Vento, 2120 P St.,
for a sidewalk cafe permit and for
valet parking.
application by Ping Pong Dim
Sum, 1 Dupont Circle, for a sidewalk cafe.
application by Chopt Restaurant,
1629 16th St., for a sidewalk cafe.
application by Heritage India, 1337
Connecticut Ave., for valet parking.
consideration of a public-space
application by Policy Restaurant,
1904 14th St., for a sidewalk cafe
along T Street.
■ consideration of a Historic
Preservation Review Board application for 1506 19th St. to repave
public space facing 19th Street,
create a new stairway to the cellar
retail space and refurbish the
facade at the first-floor and cellar
levels.
■ committee reports.
For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.
■
ANC 2C
ANC 2C
Shaw
■ SHAW
6:30 p.m. April 6 at the Watha
T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood
Library, 1630 7th St. NW.
For details, call 202-387-1596.
ANC 2D
ANC 2D
Sheridan-Kalorama
■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA
7 p.m. April 18 at Our Lady
Queen of the Americas Church,
California Street and Phelps
Place NW.
For
details,
contact
[email protected] or visit
anc2d.org.
ANC 2E
ANC 2E
Georgetown
■ GEORGETOWN / CLOISTERS
Cloisters
BURLEITH / HILLANDALE
6:30
p.m.
May
2
at
Georgetown
Visitation
Preparatory School, 1524 35th
St. NW.
or visit anc2e.com.
ANC 2F
ANCCircle
2F
Logan
■ LOGAN CIRCLE
7 p.m. April 6 at Washington
Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle
NW.
■ announcements.
■ government reports.
■ police report.
■ consideration of requested street
closures for the Lupus Walk,
Capital Pride Parade and Stop the
Silence Race.
■ consideration of Alcoholic
Beverage
Regulation
Administration matters: Mood
Lounge, 318 9th St., breach of voluntary agreement; Rouge 24, 922924 N St., new license; and Eagle
Cafe, 1414 9th St., voluntary agreement, revisions demanded by the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
■ discussion of the Options Public
Charter School Northwest Campus,
1501 11th St.
■ consideration of community
development committee matters,
including a Board of Zoning
Adjustment application for lot variances at 1211 10th St.
or visit anc2f.org.
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The Neighbors Who Brought You Trader Joe’s!
Vol. 52, No. 17
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Foggy Bottom Historic District:
What It Means In 2011
West end Library
Friends’ book saLe
apriL 16
The West End Library Friends’
used book sale is scheduled for
Saturday, April 16, at the
West End Library at
1101 24th St., NW
(24th & L Streets). The hours are
from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm.
This sale of used and contributed books
will offer an estimated 7,000 titles. Lots of
mysteries, romance, and sci-fi! Prices range
from 25 cents to $3.00 for the majority
of those on sale. Special volumes will be
appropriately priced. DVDs and
an abundance of video tapes and CDs
are also available.
The sale is a community-based event
and all proceeds benefit the West End
Public Library and its services to the
community. Please mark your calendars
now to come support our library.
FBA members and guests
were audience to a fascinating
panel discussion about citywide
trends in real estate and how the
FB Historic District fits in with
these larger trends. First up was
historic preservation specialist
Emily Eig, Founder of EHT
Traceries, Inc., who was the
technical consultant responsible
for assisting Foggy Bottom with
its original HD application.
She described how tentative the
(Mayor Barry) administration
had become on historic district
nominations at the time, and
that the official designation of
the FBHD a few years later was
immensely welcomed in the
community.
Next was Tim Dennee, of
the DC Historic Preservation
Office (HPO), who briefly
touched on a potential GW
Historic District—an element
of GW’s approved 2007
Campus Plan—that might
preserve some of the remaining
historic buildings on its FB
campus. Additionally, Dennee
shared details of recent cases
before the Historic Preservation
Review Board, explaining how
his agency can provide the
Fb/We’s “tree box Clean-up Campaign”
A call-out to FB/WE neighbors who choose to act upon their “green” aspirations
The FBA Garden Committee has announced a new campaign to clean-up the tree boxes
throughout the Historic District. It has come to the attention of the committee that many
of the tree boxes have fallen victim to overgrowth, undergrowth, refuse disposal and general
neglect. We are recruiting volunteers who maintain their own tree boxes to take on nearby
neglected areas. The committee is starting with a few volunteer “urban gardeners” to neaten
the boxes along New Hampshire Ave which is the gateway into our neighborhood.
Although tree boxes are DC property, it is the homeowner’s responsibility to maintain
these areas. If you want to be a part of beautifying one of the most visible areas
of our neighborhood, we welcome your participation.
The FBA Garden Committee is offering help, tools, mulch and information to anyone
interested in joining the TREE BOX CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN. Contact Susan Lampton at
944-1868, Anita Jones at 342-9180, or Ken Durham at 338-2471 for more information.
historic
period
technical
information
to aid
home and
building
owners
in their
renovations. Before you
rush out to purchase
“what is available,”
HPO can assess your
building and tell you
how to handle the doors
and windows, i.e. by
inspecting them, determining
whether or when they were
previously replaced (in another
style), as well as what color
the historic building exteriors
would be painted at that time.
Senior Housing Planner in
the DC Office of Planning Art
Rodgers discussed changing
From left:
Emily Eig,
Art Rodgers and
Tim Dennee
Below:
Matt Gilmore
speaking with
Emily Eig
city demographics. He shared
that property values in FB/
WE have held up for the most
part. But he cautioned that as
a result of so many high-end
condos coming on line in the
last ten years, selling prices
might have been skewed.
Following the panelists’
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Foggy Bottom Historic District (cont’d)
presentations, a lively Q&A
and comment session ensued,
including an impassioned
tribute by HD resident
Bob Vogt on behalf of the
late Maria Tyler’s immense
contributions to the
neighborhood, including her
work on the HD.
Everyone agreed that we’ll
have to wait and see what the
next few years have in store
for us, but it can only add to
our already-storied history.
—FBN
APRIL CALENDAR
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WEDNEsDAys 3–7:00 Pm
Foggy Bottom FREsHFARm mARKEt.
I Street NW and 24th Street NW
sAtuRDAy APRIL 9, 5–8:00 Pm, oPENINg RECEPtIoN
Gallery Show: fiber artist, Carol Radin long time resident of FB and watercolorist,
Beverlee Ahlin a former resident of Watergate West at Watergate Gallery
and Frame downstairs at the Watergate Mall (by Safeway).
tHuRsDAy, APRIL 14tH FRom 6-8:00 Pm,
st. mARy’s CouRt WILL BE HoLDINg tHEIR ANNuAL sPRINg CELEBRAtIoN.
All funds raised at this event will be used for a need-based medical expenses fund for
Court residents. With a theme of “Swing into Spring,” the event will feature heavy
hor d’oeuvres, cocktails, entertainment and appearances by local officials.
A $30 tax-deductible donation is requested for event tickets. You can reserve your
tickets by contacting Michael Akin at [email protected] or 202-994-0679.
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WEst END LIBRARy
special meeting on redevelopment of the West End Library site (square 37)
monday, April 11, 6:00 pm
WEst END LIBRARy FRIENDs’ READINg/DIsCussIoN sERIEs,
led by ori Z. soltes, resident scholar in theology and fine arts
at georgetown university
WEDNEsDAy, APRIL 13, 6:30 Pm
Discussion of Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
WEst END LIBRARy FRIENDs BooK sALE
saturday, April 16, 10:30 am–3:30 pm
WEst END BooK CLuB
tuEsDAy, APRIL 19, 12:30 Pm
Discussion of the Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
WEst END FILm CLuB
tuEsDAy, APRIL 26, 1:00 Pm
Winter’s Bone (R)
AARP tAx AssIstANCE
tuesday, April 5, 1:00–4:30 pm
tuesday, April 12, 1:00–4:30 pm
tHEosoPHICAL soCIEty
Every saturday, April 2–April 26, 11:00 am
FEDERAL PoEts soCIEty sAtuRDAy, APRIL 16, 1:30 Pm
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sAHAjA yogA mEDItAtIoN
Every Wednesday, April 6–27, 7:00 pm
tANgo PRACtICA
Every saturday, 2:30 pm
QIgoNg (a form of Chinese medicine using movement,
breathing and meditation techniques)
tuEsDAy, APRIL 26 – FBA moNtHLy mEmBERsHIP mEEtINg.
District-Wide Coalition of university Neighborhoods.
Panel of founding members speaking about neighborhood
policy issues related to universities.
7 pm social; 7:30 pm meeting
WEst END LIBRARy FRIENDs, QuARtERLy mEEtINg
saturday, April 30, 10:00 am
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Spotlight on Schools
British School
of Washington
Eaton Elementary
We recently held our house
short-film competition. I decided
to enter a film that turned out to
be the primary school winner. My
film was about pirates and soldiers battling on a chessboard. It
was called “The Battle of Chessa-Brick.”
School DISPATCHES
I made my movie using stopmotion animation and Lego
pieces. I edited it on iMovie. It
was painstakingly slow to take
over 1,000 photographs and put
them together, but in the end it
was very rewarding because I
won the competition.
— Holden Fatheree,
Year 5 Chicago (fourth-grader)
Duke Ellington School
of the Arts
On March 23, Duke Ellington
School of the Arts mourned the
passing of one of its pillars. Ms.
Susan Avant had been a teacher at
Ellington for more than 20 years
and in her final years was chair of
the science department.
Last Monday, staff and students, both past and present, bade
farewell to Ms. Avant at her
funeral held at the Nativity
Catholic Church. Ellington’s dean
of students, Father Payne, gave a
eulogy, and the head of school
and teachers shared words of
encouragement and memories.
Last Wednesday, students from
several departments performed at
the Kennedy Center as part of the
Millennium Stage series. The
audience included one of the
school’s the two founders, Peggy
Cooper Cafritz, as well as head of
school Rory Pullens, family and
friends. The students received a
standing ovation.
On Friday, students proved that
they were up for a challenge at
the “Duke It Out” teachers vs. students basketball game in the
Ellington gym. The school’s hiphop collective, The Dreamers,
presented the halftime show.
— Lauryn Nesbitt, 10th-grader
Ms. Barry’s first-graders all did
acrostic poems about spring. An
acrostic is a poem with a word
going down and then words or sentences that start with each letter that
talk about what the word going
down is about.
S — Sunflower
P — Parts of a plant
R — Robins
I — Insects
N — Not long nights
G — Guy in shorts
— Ben Tummonds, first-grader
S — Sunset
P — Parks
R — Rainbows
I — In the garden
N — Nightbugs
G — Green
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S — Sunny
P — Picture of a garden
R — Rabbit in a garden
I — Ice cream
N — New flowers
G — Great people
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R — Rabbit
I — Insects
N — Nectar
G — Green
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P — Picture of a garden
R — Robin
I — Insects
N — Net for bugs
G — Green grass
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have needs. We have to clothe
them, feed them, play with them,
entertain them, change diapers —
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hard it is to take care of babies.
Fortunately, we have a partner
during the process, so if one of us
is busy, then the other can take
care of the baby.
During the day we have to take
the babies to class, and we coordinate who takes the baby for which
classes. If both partners are busy
and can’t take the baby, then there
is day care, located in our
teacher’s office, which has two
portable cribs. Unfortunately, partners may use the day-care center
for only two hours a day.
Another obstacle occurs after
school. Sometimes sports practices
conflict with time caring for the
baby. Day care is available after
school, but it ends at 4:30 p.m.
Each day in class we pick a
“situation card” that offers a new
challenge, such as: “You notice
that your schoolwork is suffering
because you’re not getting enough
sleep and you need to devote a lot
of time to your baby. Consult with
your advisor today or tomorrow
and make a plan.”
Partners are also struggling
with taking the baby on the Metro.
Sometimes we get embarrassed by
holding a big sack dressed like a
baby.
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Bosede Ajiboye, eighth-graders
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The kindergarten and pre-k
classes went to the play “If You
Give A Cat a Cupcake” at
Adventure Theatre. We saw the
show after we had read the book.
“I noticed the play and book
were very different,” said Latrell.
“I liked how the cat came to life at
the theater and how he did a flip!
The play added more.”
“My favorite part was when
they were at the museum because
they were acting like real monkeys,” noted Alexandre.
The kindergarten classes also
read many of Laura Numeroff’s
other books and turned two of her
books into plays. In February, Ms.
Brown’s Beautiful Butterflies performed our version of “If You
Give A Pig a Party,” and Ms.
Alsop’s Rainbows performed our
version of “If You Take a Mouse
to School.”
“It was fun being in the block
scene, and I liked when I helped to
build a house,” said Kirk.
“I liked being a narrator
because I got to use a microphone,” said Laila.
“Being in a play was different
than seeing the play because I got
to wear my mouse ears and say
my lines,” noted Anja.
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Ms. Conezio’s Fast Fireflies performed “The Three Little Pigs,”
and Ms. Bailey’s Rainbow
Unicorns performed “The Little
Red Hen.”
“It was fun,” exclaimed Sasha
of Ms. Conezio’s class, “because I
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A Special Section in the April 6, 2011, issue of The Current Newspapers ■ APRIL 26, 2011, SPECIAL ELECTION
About the April 26 election
About the Voters Guide
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 26. You may also request an absentee ballot by mail through April 19. Early voting will start April 11 at One Judiciary Square, 441 4th
St. NW, and will continue daily through April 25 except Sundays. Hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 7
p.m., except for April 25, when voting will end at 4:45 p.m. Voters registered as of April 4 are eligible to vote; if you are not registered to vote, you may register at an early voting location or on
Election Day and cast a special ballot. More information can be obtained by visiting dcboee.org or
calling 202-727-2525.
The Current’s editors interviewed the major candidates in races within our coverage area in the
April 26 election — the contests for an at-large D.C. Council seat and the State Board of Education
seat for Ward 4. The interviews provided the basis for profiles combining candidates’
biographical information and a discussion of their top priorities, as well as charts offering brief positions on a host of specific issues. An expanded version of this Voters Guide will be available Thursday
at issuu.com/currentnewspapers. It includes additional questions and answers in chart form, as well
as profiles of the Ward 4 board candidates not included in print due to space limitations.
AT-LARGE D.C. COUNCIL SEAT
Sekou Biddle
Joshua Lopez
Vincent Orange
Sekou Biddle has been an interim at-large D.C.
Council member since January. The Democratic State
Committee selected him to fill the
seat temporarily when Kwame
Brown was elected council chairman.
A former D.C. Board of
Education member, Biddle previously worked as a regional executive director for Jumpstart for
Young Children and directed
community outreach for KIPP DC (Knowledge Is
Power Program), which runs three city charter schools.
If elected, he said, he plans to concentrate most on
education, employment and the city’s budget.
“Our ability to prepare young people for college
and the world of work, as well as to support adults trying to get jobs, has to be our highest priority.”
He said the city needs to align its education
resources — from pre-k through the University of the
District of Columbia, as well as libraries and job-training programs, “to support our residents’ success.”
To measure the progress of D.C.’s public schools,
he said he would look at test scores, how many parents are enrolling their children, and whether teachers
are leaving for charter or suburban schools.
See Biddle/Page 19
Joshua Lopez, recently a project manager for a
Georgia Avenue community development nonprofit
organization, is a former advisory neighborhood commissioner in Brightwood.
Lopez, also a former vice president of the Ward 4
Democrats group, worked in various capacities for
Adrian Fenty, including serving on the Commission on
Latino Community Development.
If elected, Lopez said, he
would focus most on education
reform, public safety and government accountability.
“The education reform efforts
started under Chancellor
[Michelle] Rhee must continue,”
Lopez said, and D.C. should continue the IMPACT teacher-evaluation system.
“The system measures people on results,” he said.
“Some may feel uncomfortable with it. You have people going into classrooms looking at how teachers are
educating young people.” But he said such a close
look is necessary in a system that was “graduating students who could not read or write.”
Parents, fellow teachers and students — even those
in elementary grades — should help with evaluations,
he said. The District needs to “reach out to parents by
See Lopez/Page 17
Vincent Orange, D.C. Democratic National
Commiteeman, served as the Ward 5 D.C. Council
member from 1999 to 2007.
Most recently, he was vice
president of public affairs for
Pepco. A lawyer, public accountant and auditor, he was chief
financial officer for the National
Children’s Center.
If elected, Orange said, his
highest priorities would be fiscal
responsibility, education reform and elimination of
fraud and abuse. “We must balance our budgets, keep
our bond ratings and manage the cap on our debt service,” he said.
Orange said D.C. can produce new revenue without
raising tax rates by encouraging tax-generating projects like the convention center hotel and those at the
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, St. Elizabeths
Hospital and the Anacostia and Southwest waterfronts.
He doesn’t think major cuts are necessary to close
the city’s $320 million deficit. Agencies must be
ordered, “pursuant to the law, to spend 50 percent of
their budgets with our registered local businesses, as
we can then collect profits taxes and employment
taxes that we would not otherwise collect.”
See Orange/Page 17
Dorothy Douglas
Patrick Mara
Bryan Weaver
Dorothy Douglas, a native Washingtonian, has represented Ward 7 on the D.C. State Board of Education
since 2008. Previously, she served as an advisory
neighborhood commissioner in
Northeast for 12 years, including
four as chair.
Before retiring, she worked as
a case manager for the D.C.
Department of Corrections, and
she describes her job as having
been “similar to a social worker.”
If elected, Douglas said, she
would concentrate most on education, housing and
employment.
She said she would ensure that D.C. has “the bestquality teachers” in its public schools.
To judge teacher effectiveness, she said, “there
needs to be an evaluation panel — not just the principal, but also parents and other teachers. Many of our
teachers are unprepared.”
Student-teaching experience is essential for new
teachers “so they will know how to service our children,” she said. “It is on-the-job training, so they will
be sure it is the kind of job they would like to continue
with.”
Experienced private school teachers should be
See Douglas/Page 16
Patrick Mara was recently elected the Ward 1
member of the D.C. State Board of Education.
Mara heads his own political consulting group,
which deals with small businesses and political and
nonprofit fundraising. In the past, he worked as a contractor for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
working on clean transportation
tools and electricity restructuring.
If elected, he said, he would
concentrate most on education,
fiscal responsibility and congressional relations.
Mara said he would “be able
to do far more to advance educational reform as a member of the
council than I can from the school board.”
He said his major education goals are to ensure that
IMPACT, a teacher-evaluation tool, “is continued in
the way that was envisioned by former Chancellor
[Michelle] Rhee”; to continue “building in-house
capacity for special education in the District”; and to
“emphasize workforce development.”
He said the city government needs to “work with
the employer community to determine needed skill
sets over the next several years,” and then help unemployed adults develop those skills. “Many of the
See Mara/Page 17
Bryan Weaver served on the Adams Morgan advisory neighborhood commission from 2003 to 2010.
He runs Hoops Sagrado, a nonprofit he founded in
1996 to take at-risk D.C. youth to
Guatemala every summer for basketball clinics, language and cultural exchange and community
building. He previously worked as
assistant press secretary for the
Democratic National Committee.
If elected, Weaver said, his top
priorities would be open government, youth issues and city solvency. “The District
government ... has been secretive for decades,” he
said, creating a “feeling of backroom deals.”
Weaver said he would target the city’s extensive
use of non-bid city contracts and earmarks. “Why are
we picking one group over another? Right now, an
organization with a connection gets the contracts.”
Those connections can include political campaign
contributions, said Weaver. Currently, companies with
subsidiaries and sister LLCs can contribute to campaigns, making it difficult for citizens to trace ownership, he said. “So in essence, it becomes blind checks
from unnamed companies.” When the same companies later win non-bid city contracts, it forms the
See Weaver/Page 19
THE CURRENT VOTERS GUIDE
At-large
D.C. Council
candidates
Sekou
Biddle
Dorothy
Douglas
Joshua
Lopez
Patrick
Mara
Vincent
Orange
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Bryan
Weaver
What are three
areas you would
concentrate on most
if you are elected?
Education, employment
and the budget.
Education, housing and
employment.
Education, public
safety and government
accountability.
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responsibility and
congressional relations.
Financial responsibility; education reform;
and government fraud,
waste and abuse.
Open government,
youth issues and city
solvency.
Should D.C. increase
taxes for incomes
over $250,000?
$500,000? $1 million?
No.
Can’t make a sound
decision until I see all
the facts.
Temporarily, 1 percent
for over $200,000.
No.
No.
Yes, gradually, but for
$150,000, $350,000
and $1.5 million incomes. Any increases
must be sunsetted.
The mayor and
council face a $322
million budget
problem preparing
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budget. What areas,
if any, would you look
at for cuts? What
taxes, if any, should
be increased?
Reorganize government
around functions rather
than agencies to save
$30 million to $40
million. Recruit D.C.
foster-care providers
to reduce school
busing and “out-ofstate” education costs.
Cut council budget.
Reduce salaries and
introduce furloughs for
high-salary employees.
Have residents do leaf
collection. Oppose tax
increases.
No concrete feelings.
Want to see all evidence
before deciding.
Percentage cuts
for all government
agencies, progressive
tax increases with
a sunset clause (1
percent on individual
income over $200,000),
eliminate corporate tax
loopholes.
Across-the-board cut
of at least 3 percent.
We should consider
furloughs, layoffs and
other reductions of
District workforce. No
tax increases.
No tax increases, but
can get up to $347
million from Medicaid
reimbursement; sell our
portfolio of real estate
tax liens for up to $100
million; lease excess
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system to federal
government for up to
$50 million; beef up
outstanding individual
sales and real estate
tax collections. Look for
cuts in procurement.
Scale back capital projects such as Cardozo
High, which has under
1,000 students due to
poor academics; introduce employee furloughs. Overhaul entire
tax code for individuals
by creating new levels
at $150,000, $350,000
and $1.5 million, but
have the increases
sunsetted. Consider
closing loophole for
tax-exempt bonds from
other jurisdictions.
What, if any, should
be D.C.’s three top
priorities in terms of
new spending, once
we can afford it?
Transportation
infrastructure, education
from birth, workforce
development.
Education, housing and
employment.
Public schools,
transportation and
public works.
Education, education
and education.
Education, infrastructure needs, cleaning up
the Department of
Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs.
High-quality teachers,
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safety net including
career-path training and
homeless shelters.
What, if any,
should be the
three top priorities
for reductions in
spending, given the
enormous budget
crunch we face in the
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reduced; employees
earning over $100,000;
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Department of
Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs,
police.
It should be across
the board affecting
everything.
We can generate
adequate revenue to
balance the budget
without increasing
taxes or cutting major
services.
Streamline Department
of Transportation, delay
capital projects and
locate more juvenile
offenders here to lower
costs.
Given that department stores normally
do not pay rent when
they anchor shopping
centers, should D.C.
give tax incentives
to “anchor-tenant”
retailers?
Not unless it is to
attract a tenant into
a community without
much retail.
It would be helpful.
No.
Yes, if the community
wants it.
No. We don’t need
incentives.
Yes. Target has brought
other retailers to
Columbia Heights.
What approaches, if
any, should be taken
to decrease the
likelihood of lowerincome, long-term
D.C. residents from
being forced from
their homes because
of increasing real
estate values and
taxes, or are current
policies generally
adequate?
Look at property
tax caps for lowincome residents who
have lived here at
least 10 years. And
consider unintended
consequences for
young people who
inherit and live in homes
their families have had a
long time.
Current policies are
adequate.
Unsure of details,
but would be willing
to explore programs
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with experts.
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cannot afford to do
much.
Generally speaking,
they are adequate,
but when economy
recovers, we should
consider increasing
homestead exemption
for everyone.
We need to look after
seniors who’ve lived in
the District for say 30
years and for individuals
gainfully employed in
lower-paying, stable
jobs.
D.C.’s commercial
real estate and
corporate business
taxes are by far the
area’s highest. In
future years, should
D.C. reduce them?
Yes, but not now.
Lower tax rates for
smaller businesses.
Yes. The higher taxes
push them out.
No.
Eventually, yes, but
we’re $300 million away
from being able to do
anything.
No. There need not
be a major effort.
We should have a
comprehensive study
of our revenue sources
and then balance the
tax burden.
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hiring District residents
and for locally owned
businesses. Landlords
should be forced to
pass on any tax breaks.
Should juveniles who
commit felonies be
treated as adults in
most cases?
No. We need to correct
their lives.
No.
It depends on the
offense.
It depends on their age.
Yes.
It should be a case-bycase issue.
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At-large
D.C. Council
candidates
Sekou
Biddle
Dorothy
Douglas
Joshua
Lopez
Patrick
Mara
Vincent
Orange
Bryan
Weaver
What steps should
be taken to improve
education?
The key is differentiation. If students need
mental-health services
or more hours in the
classroom, they should
get them.
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partnerships with
businesses for
vocational training.
Continue reform efforts
started under former
Chancellor Michelle
Rhee.
Bring special-education
programs into the
District, have magnet
schools, more arts
and music, more afterschool activities.
Continue investment
in early childhood
education and
vocational training.
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teachers to work in
lowest-performing
schools by offering
supplemental salaries.
Should funds above
the regular per-pupil
spending be allocated to vocational
education and to
magnet programs
such as the Duke Ellington School of the
Arts due to their additional costs?
Yes, but we should
use facilities where
appropriate for adults in
the evenings.
No, it should be equal.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, if we have
adequate revenue
available.
We should look for
partnerships, but
it’s worth it for more
taxpayer money to be
spent on successful
special schools.
Charter school advocates say the city has
violated the law givPUN[OLTÄYZ[JYHJR
at closed school
buildings. What, if
anything, would you
do about it?
The D.C. Council
should not approve the
sale of buildings if they
were not made available to charter schools
unless the proceeds are
made available to support a charter school.
I’m not sure that is the
case now. It was under
Fenty. I would have
to see what the new
administration does.
We should determine
their use based on what
is most needed by the
city and the immediate
community.
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crack at all closed
school buildings.
They should have
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all unutilized school
buildings, unless
the real estate is
exceptionally valuable.
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crack at all school
buildings, except
in truly exceptional
circumstances.
Should D.C. turn
over citizenship
information to U.S.
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when suspects are
arrested? When they
are convicted? Or not
at all?
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of a violent crime;
probably for most
felonies.
At the time of arrest.
Just when convicted of
a violent crime.
Just if convicted of a
violent crime. We must
comply with any federal
laws.
Not at all.
If convicted of a violent
crime.
Should adult bicycle
riders be allowed on
sidewalks?
No. We need to
encourage them to use
our bike lanes.
Yes.
No.
Not in high-density
population areas. It’s
dangerous.
No.
Not in high-density
areas or where there
are bike lanes.
Should the city force
universities to offer
more on-campus
student housing? If
so, how?
No.
No. It should not be
forced.
Yes.
No, but it should be
strongly encouraged.
Yes, by penalties such
as fees or zoning
restrictions if they don’t.
We should offer them
height and density
bonuses in exchange
for more undergraduate
student housing.
Should D.C. allow
residents to set up
self-taxing districts
where residents
agree to pay extra
taxes to receive more
services, like business improvement
districts in D.C.?
Yes. If people want to
pay more for greater
services, they should be
able to.
No.
Yes. If the community
wants it, they should be
free to do it.
Not at this time. We are
already taxed enough.
No. It would increase
disparities between the
haves and the havenots.
Yes, on a limited
basis for say a special
recycling program or
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overtime. Oppose
independent police
force.
D.C. Council members receive among
the highest salaries in the country.
Should their salaries
be reduced?
Yes, by about 10
percent.
Yes, on a temporary
basis due to the budget
crisis.
Yes, by about 15
percent.
Yes. It should set the
example during these
tough economic times.
No.
Yes. It would be great
symbolically in today’s
economic crisis.
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allowed to teach in public schools
if they seek full certification, she
said. “Title I has the funds available
at no expense to them.”
Parental involvement is essential
for improving schools. “If you service the entire family, you will service the child,” said Douglas.
“Schools should have monthly parent meetings like Cesar Chavez
does, with light refreshment.” She
advocated partnering with busi-
nesses on such events.
Lack of proper housing,
Douglas said, is a problem that
“exists all over the city for both the
elderly and younger people, especially for those with disabilities.”
To improve housing opportunities, the city needs to make better
use of unused properties, she said.
“We have all these vacant buildings. We need to utilize them.”
She said she would encourage
partnerships with other housing
organizations. “Get them to donate
empty buildings as a tax write-off.”
The city also needs to “see what
services we could cut back to
finance more housing,” she said.
In terms of employment,
Douglas said there’s a “hole” in the
“First Source” agreement, which
requires city contractors to hire
D.C. residents for at least half their
new employees for contract work.
She said she needed to review it
in more detail, but the agreement is
“not a good” one and the city
“needs to have someone in place to
enforce” its provisions.
She also called for more vocational education programs and onthe-job training. Besides communi-
ty college workforce training, “we
should use mentors to help” prepare residents for jobs, she said.
Douglas believes welfare recipients should be required to take
vocational training and literacy
courses. She said job-training services must be available for exoffenders, who should be monitored by probation officers to make
sure they fulfill responsibilities. If
ex-offenders in such a program “do
not participate, return them to
prison,” she said.
“We should network with private programs and nonprofit orga-
nizations” to provide such opportunities, she said, adding that many
businesses and churches already
“have a lot of services available.”
Douglas, 62, attended local public schools before attending the
University of the District of
Columbia, where she majored in
elementary education and psychology. She is a director of Marshal
Heights Community Development
Organization, a member of the
Committee of 100 on the Federal
City and a board member of
Sewall-Belmont House and
Museum.
MARA
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unemployed are ex-offenders, or
have never graduated high school
or earned a General Equivalency
Diploma,” he said.
For D.C. schools, Mara believes
more arts, music and extracurricular programs could help decrease
truancy and dropout rates. He said
once a universal pre-kindergarten
system is implemented fully, the
city must “make sure our data systems are in place to properly identify areas for improvements among
children — where we can improve
learning and curb any behavioral
problems.”
To put the city on a path toward
fiscal responsibility, Mara said, the
District needs to “look for ways to
reduce spending, rather than looking at individual taxpayers and
small businesses as a revenue-raiser
like the council currently does.”
“During the Fenty years, we
LOPEZ
From Page 14
funding the parental involvement office,”
Lopez said. “Employees should knock on
non-participating parents’ doors to tell them
what support is available.”
He said schools need a standardized curriculum, which the council can help develop
along with the chancellor and school board.
The school system also needs more vocational education programs, Lopez said.
“Some unions,” he said, referring to a D.C.
electrical association, “are willing for free …
ORANGE
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He said the city can increase
revenue by managing its real property tax lien portfolio, investing in
Medicaid reimbursement systems,
and “marketing our state-of-the-art
communications system to the federal government and others.”
On education, he said the city
needs to continue “adequate funding, investing in quality teachers,
upgrading facilities, and [providing] opportunities for principals to
overspent, with council approval,”
he said. The council “consistently
has approved increased spending
budgets to the point now that we
have almost a $10 billion budget.”
Mara said the city must also
reduce its government workforce of
more than 30,000, “over half of
whom live outside the District.” He
suggested more furloughs and
reducing salaries of legislators and
political appointees who are paid
more than $100,000 per year.
Mara stressed the importance of
to provide training courses … .”
To improve public safety, he said, the city
must do more to engage ex-offenders. “We
must help ex-offenders with adult education
if they are illiterate. There is a program paying the unemployed to go to training programs. Most are not looking for high-level
jobs. They just want to support themselves.”
Lopez said the D.C. Council could
increase efficiency and trim funds at the
Metropolitan Police Department by more
closely monitoring officer deployment and
“wasteful” overtime spending. “High-crime
areas should have more officers assigned. We
have to look where there is a need,” he said.
create environments for learning.”
With the IMPACT teacher evaluation, the city must “secure buy-in
from the teachers union, teachers
themselves, parents, students, and
the legislative and executive
branches,” said Orange, advocating
for hearings on the system.
Parents should play a role in the
teacher-evaluation process, he said,
and, as the Washington Teachers’
Union has suggested, teachers’
peers should be included.
Teachers should be rewarded, he
said, for keeping students at grade
level when they come to them at
more carefully tracking the use of
District-funded credit cards, which
he said are not monitored if the
charges are below $20,000.
Mara, who would be the sole
Republican council member if
elected, said this distinction would
improve the District’s relationship
with the U.S. Congress.
He said he has been meeting
with congressional Republicans.
“My message has been clear:
Leave us alone,” Mara said. “Our
District Democratic leaders are not
He said communities that can afford it
should be able to tax themselves to fund
additional private security.
The police and fire departments should
try to hire more D.C. residents, he said.
On government accountability, Lopez said
he has always “admired city councils in the
past for asking tough questions.”
“The last thing we need,” he said, “is a
council that won’t challenge the executive
and government agencies.”
He said the city must be cautious about its
hires, making sure to avoid nepotism.
“The mayor has the freedom to put people
into jobs that he wants, but they should be
grade level and for advancing students who come to them more than
a year below grade level.
Above all, said Orange, there
must be “professional development
for minimally effective teachers”
and “clear criteria for dismissal of
unsatisfactory teachers.”
He said the city needs more
Advanced Placement courses, more
vocational training and more local
facilities for special education.
To prevent fraud and abuse,
Orange believes the D.C. Council
should establish an ethics committee. “We have to lead by example.”
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effectively communicating this
message.”
Mara said he would meet with
86 members of the House and
Senate during his term, one member per week, to advocate for D.C.
Mara, 36, was born in New
York and grew up in Rhode Island.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in
environmental and political science
from Marist College and a master’s
in business administration from
Babson College. He has worked for
Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I.
qualified,” Lopez said.
Lopez, 27, is a native Washingtonian who
attended Maya Angelou Public Charter
School. He earned a world-history degree
from the University of the District of
Columbia. During college he started attending public safety meetings, which led to
work with then-Ward 4 Council member
Adrian Fenty and then Fenty’s first mayoral
campaign. Lopez also worked on Fenty’s
2010 re-election bid; after the primary loss,
he helped a write-in campaign that drew
more than 30,000 votes. Recently he worked
for the Gateway Georgia Avenue Community
Development Corp.
If elected, he said, he would
focus on internal controls. “Our
independent auditors have reported
that our internal controls are inadequate to prevent another round of
stealing at the Office of Tax and
Revenue, where a low-level
employee stole $50 million.”
He detailed other abuses:
“Individual refunds have been
stolen. Department of Motor
Vehicles tickets have been taken
care of through bribery.”
The city should make better use
of its inspector general and auditor,
he said.
Orange, 53, grew up in
Oakland, Calif., before attending a
Colorado boarding school on “A
Better Chance” scholarship. He
earned bachelor’s degrees in business administration and communications from the University of the
Pacific and a law degree from
Howard University. He received a
master’s of laws in taxation from
Georgetown University.
Orange is a certified public
accountant and attended two executive programs at Harvard. He ran
for mayor in 2006 and for council
chairman in 2010.
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Ward 4 D.C. State
Board of Education
candidates
D. Kamili Anderson
An Almquist
Andrew Moss
Bill Quirk
What would be your three
major areas of concentration if
elected to the D.C. State Board
of Education?
Higher academic achievement,
teacher effectiveness and school
environmental safety.
Teacher evaluation process,
renovating and building facilities
and improving workforce
preparation.
Continuing educational reform,
instituting core curriculum and
implementation of “Race to the
Top.”
Implementing standards,
coordinating city educational
services and encouraging
community participation.
What do you consider to be the
most important responsibilities
of the State Board of
Education?
Holding schools and state
superintendent accountable,
setting standards, getting
adequate data to make decisions.
Thoroughly analyzing and
responding to proposals and their
relevance to Ward 4.
Rule-making function of school
board and ensuring all schools
throughout the city meet the same
standards.
Drafting and implementing
educational standards.
Charter schools must have
the same performance
standards, assessments and
accountability as regular public
schools. What should happen if
they are not met?
They should be held accountable.
We must see why a school might
be failing. After a reasonable
amount of time to improve,
the charter should be pulled if
standards aren’t met.
They should be called on the
carpet. Board should recommend
if charter school should have
its charter pulled after having
opportunity to improve.
They should be reviewed as to
why they are not performing. If
it’s mismanagement, we should
consider pulling their charter. If it’s
just teacher standards, we should
look at their licensing.
They should be reviewed by the
charter school board.
Are “common core” subject
standards that are being
developed with various other
states a good idea?
Yes. It allows English and math to
be measured across states.
Yes.
Yes. It helps ensure our graduates
will not lag behind others when
they attend out-of-state colleges.
Yes.
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core standards?
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IT, computer science and biology.
Sciences and foreign languages.
The two years of a foreign
language that are required
now need not be consecutive.
Should that change?
The years should be consecutive.
The requirement should be three
years with fourth available.
Yes, with a three-year minimum.
Yes. They should be consecutive.
We should consider a third year.
Yes. They should be consecutive.
Third year should be available.
Do you approve of the truancy
standards we now have?
Currently, 10 unexcused absences
equal an F and three tardies equal
one absence. The unexcused
number should be reduced to six.
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Yes.
Yes, but we need better
enforcement.
What elements of the reform
effort over the past three years
should be continued, and what
areas should be reworked?
Continue raising achievement
for all students and focusing on
special education, vocational
education improvements,
modernization efforts and
raising teacher effectiveness.
Communications to teachers need
improvement.
Evaluation system for teachers
should be continued with some
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continue to be rewarded for taking
on areas of responsibility. In Ward
4, we need to improve the feeder
school system.
The reform needs to be
implemented more collaboratively.
I’m concerned about
implementation of teacher
evaluation system IMPACT. I fear
it will create a disparity in the
system.
Devising educational standards
has gone well, but not their
implementation. We need it in
earlier grades.
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of veto.
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adequate for that decision.
No, but we should have input.
Our role should be limited to rulemaking.
No. It should remain with the
mayor.
Should preparation by thirdparty groups (like Teach for
America) continue to count
toward certifying teachers?
I approve as long as the
organizations can show they are
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Yes.
Yes. It is providing needed training.
Yes, as well as other organizations.
Should private school teachers
be allowed to teach in public
schools even without having
taken education coursework?
No. A private setting is very
different. We need more expertise.
Yes, depending on their
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and are willing to go through the
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Chancellor Michelle Rhee
did? Should she have been
encouraged to remain?
She meant well, initiated a lot
of good programs and showed
she cared for students. But her
communication was not effective
for teachers, union members,
parents and some students.
Yes to both.
Her efforts were needed. However,
reform must be collaborative and
include all stakeholders. She was
not collaborative. She should’ve
been asked to remain only if she
agreed to be more collaborative.
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personally too divisive.
Does the school system place
too much, too little or the right
amount of emphasis on test
scores in evaluating teachers?
Too much. You may get all A’s, but
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Too little.
Probably too much. We must also
look at critical thinking and writing
skills.
The right amount, but they should
not be penalized for one bad year.
Should early education be
available from shortly after
birth?
If we have the resources. Research
shows that from birth to 3 years is
critical in learning and developing.
Yes, but am unsure if public
schools should take it on.
Yes, as early as possible. It
helps provide needed skills to be
successful.
Yes.
In 20 words or less, explain why
voters should elect you to the
D.C. State Board of Education.
By reviewing my achievements,
proven leadership, scholarly
research and educational experience, I’m prepared to lead with
substance, not just style.
Working in education has been my
day job for 30 years at the national
level. I have some experience.
A vote for Andrew Moss means a
vote for experience, commitment
and leadership. Let’s educate our
children together.
I’ve been an advocate for District
children for nearly a decade, the
chair of my ANC and an expectant
parent.
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impression of a “‘pay-to-play’ system.”
Weaver said the District “fails young people at every level.” He argued for stronger
career programs for “kids who fall off the
educational treadmill” and for an improved
juvenile court system.
He praised the administration of Mayor
Adrian Fenty for “great efforts on education
reform,” but criticized former Schools
Chancellor Michelle Rhee for poor commu-
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D.C. should be a place, he said,
where all residents are competitive
in the job market, businesses want
to locate to access a talented
employee pool, and residents want
to raise their families because of
strong schools. He said the city
should view career training and
business development as a joined
goal. “We must integrate economic
development policy with workforce
development to simultaneously
attract industries while preparing
residents with needed skills.”
A fundamental “piece of the
employment puzzle,” he said, is to
create a workforce of “skilled residents who get to work on time and
get along with fellow workers.”
Addressing the city’s budget
deficit, Biddle said he opposes tax
increases. “If we raise taxes, we
won’t make the savings that will
really solve the problem.”
He said D.C. needs to trim 10
percent of its operating budget, not
including debt service. “We must
ask government employees to do
more with less and consolidate
nication skills.
“The ultimate goal is to close the achievement gap between black/Latino students and
white and Asian students,” he said, and the
answer is putting “the best teachers in the
poorest or underachieving schools.”
Weaver favors temporarily increasing tax
rates for some income levels. The top personal income tax, now 8.5 percent, could rise
to “perhaps 8.75 percent” for those making
more than $150,000; 9 percent for more than
$350,000; and 9.5 percent for over $1.5 million. The change should be only temporary,
he said, so affected residents would be
functions and even agencies.”
For economic improvement,
spending priority should focus on
solving problems rather than just
treating them, he said. “Failing to
support a family struggling to care
for a child at a cost of $15,000
annually can result in children
going into foster care at a cost of
$46,000 annually.” There are about
2,000 children in the city’s foster
care system. “If we could reduce
that number by 10 percent, we
would save about $6 million.”
Biddle suggested increasing
special-education resources in D.C.
to save funds that are now going
outside the city. He also said he
would give serious consideration to
merging underenrolled high
schools, such as Ward 4’s
Roosevelt and Coolidge, which are
in “terrible physical condition.”
Biddle, 39, grew up in
Columbia Heights and attended
D.C. public schools. He earned a
business administration degree
from Morehouse College and a
master’s degree in early childhood
education from Georgia State
University. He taught school in the
Bronx, Atlanta and D.C. He also
worked for Teach for America.
unlikely to relocate their legal residences to
states with no income tax.
Welfare spending should be “reduced
after five years and eliminated after eight”
except under “special circumstances.”
The city could cut costs by closing a $20
million to $30 million corporate tax loophole, said Weaver. He said “national companies charge local stores for their names,
thereby shifting profits … to Delaware,
which has no corporate profits tax.”
He said D.C. spends “too much on capital
programs, even though they might be wonderful.” For example, Roosevelt and Cardozo
high schools both need renovations, but it’s
important to keep in mind that “the schools’
population has dwindled dramatically.”
Meanwhile, he said, there’s a need for
stronger penalties for firms that fail to fulfill
their contracts with the city.
Weaver, 40, came to the District two
decades ago from Oregon to attend Howard
University, where he majored in political science. He previously worked as an organizer
for the Service Employees International
Union.
Weaver ran against incumbent Jim
Graham last year for the Ward 1 council seat.
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Foxhall home balances design for adults and kids
H
ome buyers searching for a
kid-appropriate home may
want to leave children
behind during their first visit to this
ON THE MARKET
CAROL BUCKLEY
Foxhall four-bedroom. Otherwise,
prepare to stop the search here:
Once little ones spy the bedroom
and basement tricked out as a kid’s
paradise, nothing else will do.
That’s not to say that adults get
short shrift here. Most of the home
is sophisticated and suitable for
grown-ups. A wide, gracious foyer
welcomes visitors into the Federalstyle property. Stone floors here
echo granite countertops in the
white, sunny kitchen, and visitors
have a choice of a moody blue
library on one side and a bright living room on the other.
In the large living room, blond
wood floors establish a casual vibe
that would keep even formal furnishings from feeling stuffy.
The dining and casual-living
spaces open to a garden that also
balances formality with fun.
Boxwoods and hydrangeas align in
rigid symmetry around a rectangular bluegrass lawn, while a wooden
deck has enough space for a crowd.
The family room is balanced
around a stone fireplace, and single-pane windows, arches and skylights here, as elsewhere, let in
loads of light.
The first hint that current owners consider kids’ spaces worthy of
thoughtful design waits on the second level. A boy’s room is shipshape with a nautical theme that
includes porthole closet windows
and a world-map wall mural.
This space also is a preview of
more custom woodwork to come.
A wood platform here includes
storage, window seats and a large
area for play.
Custom closet built-ins strike a
practical note behind their portholes, and a young girl’s room
nearby features a similar storage
space. Both rooms are carpeted in a
neutral flat-weave, and each features its own bathroom.
The master suite is a large one.
If new owners were looking for a
fourth bedroom on this floor, carving out the suite’s sitting room
would accomplish that goal without too-small rooms as a result.
The master bath is also sizable,
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Fans of custom woodwork will
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home’s top level,
where owners
have added extensive — and elaborate — built-ins.
Two desks have
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management,
printer drawers
and more.
Lighted display
cabinets are ideal
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but more pediPhotos Courtesy of Washington Fine Properties
greed items
This
home’s
enchanted-forest
basement has
would fit in here
swing sets and a tree house.
as well. There’s
also space for
and sky, and a tree house is no
crafts, including an ingenious foldramshackle structure: Steel ladder
out sewing table.
rungs allow parents to check on
The sunny top level also makes
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deck has sightlines across the
rings allow swings to be moved
Potomac River, and a bar area just
around the space.
indoors includes refrigerator and
Built-in shelving houses books
dishwashing drawers that could
and a television — but a rolling
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the
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27.8 percent of the city’s local
funds.
In addition, Gray noted that in
devising his budget he was able to
soften the blow to schools after
chief financial officer Natwar
Gandhi announced an unexpected
increase in the District’s projected
revenue for fiscal year 2012. Of the
$105 million extra, Gray directed
nearly $77 million toward the
schools, including $51.2 million for
D.C. Public Schools and $25.7 million for charter schools. As a result,
D.C. Public Schools will be able to
maintain student/teacher ratios, he
said, and continue providing summer school, after-school programs
and evening credit offerings.
But Lynch said the cuts proposed
for Walls could be devastating for
the Foggy Bottom program.
Last year, Walls operated with a
$4.8 million budget, a relatively
large allocation for the 475-student
school. This year, it’s slated to get
slightly more than $4.5 million
while serving as many as 520 students. The cuts aren’t as deep as the
$800,000 the mayor initially pro-
posed. But, Lynch said, they could
still be devastating.
“What this does is hurts the children at Walls who are hoping for
brighter futures,” said Lynch, who is
vice president of the Walls Home
and School Association. He said
Walls may have to eliminate positions — or even entire departments
— as a result. “It will set the program back years,” he said.
And that program, said association treasurer Terry Sallay, is worth
protecting. She noted that Walls has
won both the national “Blue
Ribbon” award for excellence and
autonomous status from the school
system in recent years. “I’m very
upset,” she said. “Every dollar Walls
has received in the last few years
has helped propel them to the Blue
Ribbon status.”
And yet, while some schools
face significant cuts, others received
a boost in funds, due — in part — to
a change in the way funding was
calculated.
This year, the creation of an
$8,400 per-student minimum helped
even out funding between specialty
high schools — like Walls, Duke
Ellington School of the Arts and
Benjamin Banneker Academic High
School — and comprehensive high
schools like Cardozo,
Dunbar, Roosevelt
and Wilson.
For
example,
Wilson,
which
received $9 million
for fiscal year 2011,
is slated to get $12.9
million for its 1,536
students in fiscal year
2012.
“The per-pupil School Without Walls would see its funding
minimum that was drop by $300,000 under the proposed budget.
established should
allow Wilson to meet its needs in the raised about the inequity among the
coming year, and should enable us schools,” he said.
In November, Cathy Reilly,
to add some teachers and bring
down class size,” said parent Matt executive director of the Senior
Frumin. “We’re going to still have High Alliance of Parents, Principals
the lowest per-pupil funding in the and Educators, testified before
city, because we’re at the minimum, school system officials about a significant difference between funding
but it helps.”
Frumin, who serves as chair of for specialty high schools like Walls
the advisory Wilson Management and their comprehensive counterCorporation, said he hopes the addi- parts like Wilson. Last year, Walls
tional funds will allow the school to received $10,257 in District funds
hire more science, English and math per student, Reilly said, while
Wilson received $6,039.
teachers to bring down class sizes.
But in a statement, a school sysAnd he said the budget takes an
important step toward equalizing tem spokesperson said that there
the funds between the specialty and was no direct correlation between
the funding for specialty schools
comprehensive high schools.
“The budget that DCPS provided and comprehensive schools.
“Each school receives a unique
began to answer the concerns we
allocation based on their projected
student enrollment, the make-up of
the student population, and school
type.” Furthermore, the statement
said, Walls still receives specialty
funding, to the tune of $495,000.
And Lynch said he doesn’t
begrudge any schools additional
funding, but he said increasing
funds for comprehensive high
schools should not have to mean
reducing funds for specialty schools
like Walls — which, he said, need
the money to achieve their particular
missions.
“Every school is different and
has a niche,” he said. “Our niche is
to get students from all eight wards,
many of whom are first-generation
college applicants, ready and able to
succeed at the college level.”
Meanwhile, longtime budget
analyst Mary Levy said she’s utterly
confused by this year’s school budgets. “They really don’t know what
they’re doing,” she said.
For instance, Levy said, funding
for Wilson shakes out to be the midpoint for funding of comprehensive
high schools. Certain comprehensive schools that are receiving less
funding than Wilson, she said, serve
higher-need, lower-income populations and need more support.
“That’s not right.”
Plus, she said, in general it seems
that budget decisions may have
been made to address the squeakiest
wheels. “Now if they’re just tossing
money at people who complain,
that’s not a way to run a system.”
But community members agree
there’s still a long way to go before
the numbers are finalized.
Sallay, for example, said she
hopes the council can restore funds
to Walls. “It’s going to be an uphill
battle, but we’re trying to mobilize
the parents,” she said.
Meanwhile, Frumin said he’s
holding his breath. “We’re at the
starting place,” he said. “It’s not
until the ink dries that we can be
sure what was allotted to Wilson
will come through, but it has to.”
The mayor will present his budget at the council’s Committee of the
Whole public briefing today.
Committee hearings will take place
from April 7 through May 6, with
final passage of the Budget Support
Act scheduled for June 7.
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But some have argued that the
50-meter lanes do not work for the
general public the pool is supposed
to serve.
A recent online petition, which
has yielded 100-plus signatures,
asks the parks department to reconfigure the pool to allow a broader
range of users.
The current setup in the main
pool “accommodates advanced
swimmers, elite swimmers and
triathletes very well, but does not
function as well for the larger portion of the community which may
not swim comfortably [in the long
lanes] because they don’t have the
stamina or are just learning how to
swim,” said Corinne Douglas, the
chair of the Wilson Aquatic
Center’s advisory group.
In addition, she said, the lane
setup prevents use of the pool’s two
diving boards.
Douglas said the advisory group
is now working on creating a survey to determine the best configuration for the pool.
Meanwhile, the online petition
advocates for 25-yard lap lanes running across the center of the pool,
with a diving area at one end and a
shallow swimming area at the other.
According to Jack Koczela, a
member of the aquatic center’s
planning committee, original plans
for the pool called for that exact
setup.
That arrangement, which the
community endorsed, seemed to
allow room “for the largest number
of users and the greatest number of
varied programs — programs such
as diving and scuba classes, water
aerobics, water polo, competitive
swimming, and general lap swimming — all at the same time,”
Koczela wrote in an email.
But Aguirre of the parks department said the Wilson pool was
always “designed as and supposed
to be the 50-meter, Olympic-sized
pool in D.C.,” playing a specific
role in the city’s overall portfolio.
He said his agency has arrived at
a new solution: lightweight moveable bulkheads that could be placed
at the center of the pool to halve the
50-meter lanes.
Aguirre said the agency expects
to spend about $1,800 for each of
the bulkheads, and plans “to get the
solution in place by the end of the
school year.”
While 50-meter lanes would be
“the default configuration,” the
bulkheads would ease transition to
25-meter lanes at other times, he
said. Certain lanes might remain 50
meters at all times.
The online petition argues
against the bulkhead approach,
pointing out that it “would not as
naturally accommodate” a wide
range of activities. For example, the
setup would still prevent separate
diving and shallow swimming
areas, said petition creator Matt
Frumin, a Tenleytown advisory
neighborhood commissioner.
Debates over lane configuration
have been stirring since the Wilson
Aquatic Center first opened.
In 2009, divided opinions led to
public meetings and a survey, after
which the parks department agreed
to use 50-meter lanes only half of
the time.
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Pool users say this schedule
never took effect. “It’s been in longcourse mode effectively all of the
time,” Frumin said.
Aguirre said logistically, the
solution proved unfeasible. With
limited staff, “it’s really difficult to
commit to flopping back and forth
between the two configurations.”
Exceptions occur during Wilson
High School swim team meets,
when team members help move
dividers to create shorter lanes.
Swimming competitions at both the
high school and college level
require 25-yard lanes.
Some argue that the longer lanes
make sense for such a stellar facility, where former Mayor Adrian
Fenty was often spotted training.
“The pool was built as a 50meter Olympic sized pool. There
was a significant amount of money
and resources that went into designing and building the pool,” Lisa
Kilday, a former member of the DC
Triathlon Club, wrote in an email.
She added that it is “one of the few
Olympic pools in the DC metro
area.”
The 50-meter lanes help all
types of swimmers build endurance
and perfect their strokes, Carlson
said, “because you’re not constantly stopping and flipping.”
He said the outdoor pool at
Hains Point, which is open during
the summer, is the only other pool
in D.C. with 50-meter lanes.
The pool at the Takoma
Recreation Center could accommodate longer lanes but is never configured that way. Aguirre said his
agency is looking into the possibility of setting up 50-meter lanes there
on certain days.
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called “CAS Rock.”
The goal, Kiplinger said, was to
inject some fun into the test-taking
process while making helpful strategies stick.
“There’s nothing inherently fun
about standardized tests,” he said.
“It’s really about pushing through.”
But “CAS Rock,” unveiled as a
surprise at last year’s pre-test pep
rally, was a big hit. So the teachers
decided to reprise their efforts, this
time with students’ help.
Kiplinger, Franz and science
teacher Kate Noonan each wrote
sections of the song based on the
subjects they teach — replacing the
original, raunchy lyrics with
acronyms like “PREP,” for preview,
read, find evidence and prove.
They came together to write the
chorus, and students choreographed
their own dance moves to accompany the lyrics. Noonan said it was
especially important to her to
involve students because the song is
really about empowerment in the
face of the tests.
“We call the test the ‘Big
Daddy,’” she said. “We’ve been
waiting for this, and we’re ready.”
The DC-CAS assesses students
on reading and math in grades three
through eight and 10, science in
grades five and eight, biology in
high school, and composition in
grades four, seven and 10. It runs
from April 4 through 14 at schools
throughout the city.
And throughout the city, schools
have been doing their best to amp
up enthusiasm for the tests, even as
allegations of cheating on previous
tests dominated headlines.
For example, Deal Middle
School holds an annual CAS rally,
and at Key Elementary, students are
assigned mentors who give them
encouraging notes throughout the
testing week.
Meanwhile, at Haynes, teachers
have devised a week of spirit activities. They’ve handed out fake tattoos that say “Trained,” and they
will deliver “smart cookies” later in
the week. As the end of testing
nears, they’ll distribute camouflage
headbands
to
demonstrate,
Kiplinger said, that students are
“survivors of the Big Daddy.”
Noonan said she doesn’t mind
bringing a little silliness to school.
“I wish I could say I’m not as much
of a dork as what you see in the
video,” she said. “But that’s just
me.”
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was passed took over 203 years.”
That was the 27th Amendment,
introduced in 1789 by James
Madison, which requires that
Congress cannot take advantage of
pay raises passed in its current term.
Cook also decided that if it was
important to have more women in
political office, she could do something about it herself: Since 2009
she’s been serving as an advisory
neighborhood commissioner in
Chevy Chase, where she lives with
her mother, a cat and a cockatiel.
Cook does all the conventional
things expected at this level of government: “I put in a bus shelter —
it’s been one of the most popular
things that I was responsible for,”
she said. But she also thinks about
how local issues are related to her
overarching cause. In fact, Cook
plans to campaign to get the D.C.
Council to support the Equal Rights
Amendment.
“The ERA for me is the fundamental basis to hold our government accountable to recognizing
men and women equally,” she said.
It’s also the legacy she wants to
leave behind.
“At age 28, something inside me
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The program initially allowed liquor licensees to hire
overtime police officers and pay half of the officers’
wages. A $1 million annual fund funneled through the
alcohol administration covered the rest. But late last
year that fund was slashed in half to help offset the city’s
looming budget gap, and bar owners were required to
pay 75 percent of officers’ pay.
Under program guidelines, the officers remain outside establishments — a rule aimed to prevent toochummy relationships from forming between officers
and establishment employees. But even though the officers stay outside, bar owners, police and community
leaders have credited the additional police presence with
safer nightlife in several area hot spots.
Kristen Barden, executive director of the Adams
Morgan Partnership, said in an interview that “some
business owners have found the service to be really
invaluable.”
Barden’s also a fan. But with the fund’s elimination,
her group, which used to hire two officers on Friday
nights and four on Saturdays, has had to scale back to
two officers on each night, she said.
Skip Coburn, president of the DC Nightlife
Association, estimated that about half of the 40-odd
establishments with reimbursable details have canceled
them since the subsidy dried up last month.
The subsidy helped “equalize the playing field”
between liquor licensees and other business owners,
added Coburn. Other establishments can hire less
expensive off-duty officers, but bars and nightclubs are
prevented from doing so by city law, leaving them to
pay the higher rates commanded by overtime — not offduty — police officers.
Georgetown has seen particularly heavy use of the
fund, with not only individual bar owners but also the
area business improvement district and citizens association hiring overtime officers.
The Citizens Association of Georgetown will have to
scale back on its overtime hires now that the subsidy has
been eliminated, said the group’s president, Jennifer
Altemus. “It is a real hardship,” she said.
Georgetown University also hires Metropolitan
Police Department officers to patrol neighborhood
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— even though it has a liquor license — and therefore
will not need to cut back, said a school spokesperson.
All those overtime details may have made the neighborhood’s nightlife safer: Last summer, Lt. John
Hedgecock said that the additional officers were partially responsible for a recent crime drop.
But the gap left in Georgetown by fewer overtime
details may be partly filled by regular police officers,
Hedgecock said at Monday’s advisory neighborhood
commission. A special unit will patrol the area 10 hours
a day, four days a week beginning in May, he said.
And Adams Morgan’s Barden said police officials
have assured her that necessary “manpower will be in
place” in the nightlife-heavy neighborhood for the busy
summer months.
Though popular, the program is not without critics.
Some say that allowing business and neighborhood
groups — instead of individual licensees only — to use
the subsidy helped to drain it too quickly.
And establishment owners may not realize that
they’re not getting all the enforcement they pay for,
argued Robert Smith, a former California police officer
who owns a business training nightlife staff in security
procedures.
For overtime details coming off a long, difficult shift,
Smith wrote in an e-mail to The Current, getting to
“stand in front of a bar or, in many cases, sit in their
warm cruiser and do nothing but provide a physical
presence” is a “pretty good gig.” Bar owners who have
hired the details but seen incidents escalate — and
reported to the city’s alcohol regulatory authority —
would like to see more engagement, said Smith.
Eager to see the subsidy reinstated, Coburn offered a
suggestion. If the city would allow establishments to
remain open one hour later, he said, the extra tax revenue would easily fund the matching subsidy for overtime police details.
Coburn said his group will make a push for this initiative, but at least one D.C. Council member is not
immediately on board: “I would not support that,” said
Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans, citing the impact
on neighborhoods.
Still, the city should find a way to maintain a program that’s done such an “extraordinary job,” Evans
said. “It’s a terrible idea to cut money … when we’ve
seen such positive results.”
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Wednesday,
April APRIL
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Classes
■ Housing Counseling Services, a local
nonprofit, will present a seminar for firsttime home buyers. 6 p.m. Free. Suite 100,
2410 17th St. NW. 202-667-7712. The
class will repeat Thursday at 11 a.m.
■ A weekly workshop will offer instruction in “Sahaja Yoga Meditation.” 7 p.m.
Free. West End Neighborhood Library,
1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707.
Discussions and lectures
■ “Kyrgyzstan a Year Later: How Will It
End?” will feature panelists Anvar Bugazov,
professor of philosophy at Kyrgyz-Russian
Slavic University; Alisher Khamidov, a journalist; and Zamira Sydykova, former Kyrgyz
ambassador to the United States. 5:30
p.m. Free; reservations required. Rome
Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins
University School of Advanced International
Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
202-663-7721.
■ Patrick Hooper and Thomas Woody
will lead a seminar for first-time home buyers. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. West End
Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW.
202-724-8707.
■ Akbar Ahmed will discuss his poetry
collection
“Suspended
Somewhere
Between.”
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Free. Langston
Room, Busboys
and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-3877638.
■ Hampton Sides will discuss his book
“Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying
Account of the Largest Manhunt in
American History.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.
Film
■ The Panorama of Greek Cinema
series will feature Pantelis Voulgaris’ 1991
film “Quiet Days in August,” about three
lonely people in Athens. 8 p.m. $11; $9 for
students; $8.25 for seniors; $8 for ages
12 and younger. Avalon Theatre, 5612
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.
Performances
■ Tzveta Kassabova will present “The
Opposite of Killing,” a piece exploring feelings related to the absence of a close
friend. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Gospel singer Lois Tett and comedienne Marie Compohi will present “Gospel
Songs and Funny Stories.” 7 p.m. Free. St.
Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 600 M St.
SW. 202-554-3222.
Sporting events
■ The Washington Capitals will play the
Florida Panthers in the final home game of
the regular season. 7 p.m. $75 to $340.
Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328.
■ D.C. United will play the Philadelphia
Union. 7:30 p.m. $23 to $52. RFK
Memorial Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St.
SE. 202-397-7328.
Thursday,
April 7APRIL 7
Thursday
Children’s program
■ A park ranger will lead ages 4 and
older on a hike to see which animals have
awakened from their winter sleep. 4 p.m.
Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200
Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.
Concerts
■ Harrison Hollingsworth, principal bassoonist of the
New York City
Ballet
Orchestra, will
lead a chamber
ensemble. 6
p.m. Free.
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ The National Symphony Orchestra
and soprano Dawn Upshaw will perform
works by Webern, Golijov and Mahler. 7
p.m. $20 to $85. Concert Hall, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600. The performance
will repeat Friday at 1:30 p.m. and
Saturday at 8 p.m.
■ The Atos
Trio will perform works by
Haydn,
Beethoven and
Dvorák. 7:30
p.m. $32.
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ The Georgetown University Jazz
Ensemble will perform works by Gordon
Goodwin, Thad Jones and others. 8 p.m.
$5; free for students. Gaston Hall,
Georgetown University, 37th and O streets
NW. 202-687-2787.
■ “Acoustic Africa” will feature Habib
Koité, Oliver Mtukudzi and Afel Bocoum in a
performance that honors their African heritage while pushing contemporary musical
boundaries. 8 p.m. $25 to $45. Lisner
Auditorium, George Washington University,
730 21st St. NW. 202-397-7328.
■ Carolyn Warner, the Democratic
national committeewoman from Arizona
and vice chair of the Democratic National
Committee’s Western Regional Caucus, will
discuss “Looking Towards 2012: How Can
Democrats Take Back Our Country?” 11:30
a.m. $30; reservations required. Woman’s
National Democratic Club, 1526 New
Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
■ The Q&A Cafe series will feature
Carol Joynt interviewing David Rubenstein,
co-founder of The Carlyle Group and chairman of the board of trustees of the
Kennedy Center. Noon. $50. The RitzCarlton Georgetown, 3100 South St. NW.
202-912-4110.
■ Panelists will discuss “Antisemitism
in Contemporary Europe.” 2:30 to 4:30
p.m. Free; reservations required.
Rubinstein Auditorium, U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg
Place SW. ushmm.org.
■ Thomas Carothers, vice president for
studies at the Carnegie
Endowment for
International Peace, will
discuss “Power
Dynamics in
Development.” 4:30
p.m. Free; reservations
required. Kenney
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■ Discussion: “Values and
Diplomacy: A Conversation With
Former Secretaries of State” will feature Madeleine Albright (shown),
James A. Baker III and Colin L.
Powell discussing U.S. leadership in
a changing Middle East. 6:30 p.m.
$10; $5 for students. Washington
National Cathedral, Massachusetts
and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202537-6200.
Studies, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
202-663-5929.
■ William Grimes, chair of the
Department of International Relations at
Boston University, will discuss how the
recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan
will affect the economy. 4:30 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Room 806, Rome
Building, Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies, 1619
Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-663-5812.
■ Professor Jean-Luc Marion will discuss “Roots of Theology and Philosophy.”
4:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Riggs Library, Healy Hall, Georgetown
University, 37th and O streets NW. [email protected].
■ Georgetown University professor Ori
Soltes will discuss his book “Untangling the
Web: Why the Middle East Is a Mess and
Always Was.” 6 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Bioethics Research Library, Healy
Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O
streets NW. 202-687-4245.
■ Edward P. Jones, the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of “The
Known World,” will read
from his work. 6 p.m.
Free; reservations
required. McShain
Lounge, McCarthy Hall,
Georgetown University,
37th and O streets NW.
[email protected].
■ Retired Col. Robert Dalessandro,
director of the U.S. Army Center of Military
History, will discuss Winfield Scott. 6 to
6:30 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery,
8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.
■ Danish architect, planner and author
Jan Gehl will discuss how D.C. can become
a more human-scaled place. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
$20; free for students. Reservations
required. National Building Museum, 401 F
St. NW. 202-272-2448.
■ Shirley Strawberry will discuss her
book “The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk,
Real Advice, Because Bitterness Isn’t
Sexy.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble,
555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176.
■ Nicolette Bethel, former director of
culture of the Bahamas, will discuss “What
Price Culture? The Challenge of Cultural
Development in the Caribbean.” 6:30 p.m.
Free. Inter-American Development Bank
Cultural Center Art Gallery, 1300 New York
Ave. NW. 202-623-3558.
■ Howard Jacobson will discuss his
novel “The Finkler Question,” winner of the
2010 Man Booker Prize. 7 p.m. $10; tickets required. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue,
600 I St. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Experts will discuss “The USS
Monitor: A Technological Marvel,” about the
ship and the efforts to salvage it. 7 p.m.
Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives
Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th
and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.
■ Acclaimed author E.L. Doctorow will
discuss his writing career and recent work.
7:30 p.m. Free. Room 108, Funger Hall,
George Washington University, 2201 G St.
NW. 202-994-6466.
■ Melissa Ford will discuss her novel
“Life From Scratch” as part of the “Authors
Out Loud” series. 7:30 pm. $11; $9 for
seniors and ages 24 and younger.
Washington DC Jewish Community Center,
1529 16th Street NW.
washingtondcjcc.org/authorsoutloud.
■ Dr. Bruce N. Cuthbert of the National
Institute of Mental Health will discuss
“Anxiety Disorders: What Is the Emotion
and What Is Disordered?” 7:30 p.m. Free.
Bowen Center for the Study of the Family,
Suite 103, 4400 MacArthur Blvd. NW. 202965-4400.
Films
■ “From Page to Screen” will feature
Ryan Murphy’s 2010 film “Eat Pray Love,”
starring Julia Roberts. 6 p.m. Free.
Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R
St. NW. 202-727-0232.
■ The Ault Film Series will feature the
1944 film “Gaslight,” starring Charles
Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. 6:30 p.m. Free.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th
and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.
■ Filmfest DC will open with the premiere of François Ozon’s 2010 film
“Potiche,” followed by a gala
celebrating the
festival’s 25th
anniversary. 7
p.m. $40.
Lincoln Theatre,
1215 U St. NW. filmfestdc.org. The festival
will continue through April 17 with screenings at various venues.
Readings
■ Derrick Weston Brown will read from
his debut book of poetry, “Wisdom Teeth.”
6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Langston Room,
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW.
202-387-7638.
■ Poet Kathleen O’Toole will read from
her book “Meanwhile.” 7 p.m. Free.
Takoma Park Neighborhood Library, 416
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Special events
■ “Phillips After 5” will feature a chat
with Phillips Collection director Dorothy
Kosinski; a tour of the “David Smith
Invents” exhibition led by curator Susan
Behrends Frank; a blend of lounge, house
and electronic beats by DJ Donald Syriani;
and a talk about “Bonnard’s Technicolor
Visions.” 5 to 8 p.m. Cost varies by activity; registration suggested. Phillips
Collection, 1600 21st St. NW.
phillipscollection.org/phillipsafter5.
■ The Project Create Art Auction and
Reception will feature art by local artists
and by Project Create students. 6:30 to 9
p.m. $35 in advance; $40 at the door.
Paul Hastings, 875 15th St. NW.
brownpapertickets.com/event/164823.
Friday,
April 8APRIL 8
Friday
Book signing
■ Author Elizabeth Brownstein will sign
copies of her book “Lincoln’s Other White
House,” which focuses on President
Abraham Lincoln’s life at his other residence, the Anderson Cottage, now known
as the Lincoln Cottage. Noon to 2 p.m.
Free. Museum Store, National Museum of
American History, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.
The book signing will repeat April 22.
Concerts
■ The Friday Morning Music Club will
perform works by Chopin, Argento and
Mendelssohn. Noon. Free. Sumner School
Museum, 1201 17th St. NW. 202-3332075.
■ The Arts Club of Washington will present a classical chamber music concert.
Noon. Free. 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282.
■ Apex Winds, pianist Ralitza Patcheva
and cellist Vasily Popov will present
“Stravinsky Remixed,” featuring a woodwind quintet arrangement of the composer’s groundbreaking “The Rite of Spring.”
1:15 p.m. Free. McNeir Hall, Georgetown
University, 37th and O streets NW. 202687-2787.
■ The Tamagawa University Taiko
Drumming Ensemble will perform. 6 p.m.
Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
■ The Potter’s House will present In
Layman Terms, The Tynch Family and
Allison Devereaux. Proceeds will benefit
Hungry for Music. 7 to 10:30 p.m. $15 to
$50 donation suggested. The Potter’s
House, 1658 Columbia Road NW.
pottershousedc.og.
■ The James Madison School of Music
will present the Madison Brass Quintet performing works by Scheidt, Farnaby,
Terracini, Arnold, Byrd and Premru. 7:30
p.m. $25. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
■ The Washington National Cathedral’s
chamber vocal ensemble, Cathedra, will
perform Tavener’s “Lament for Jerusalem.”
7:30 p.m. $25 to $45. Washington
National Cathedral, Massachusetts and
Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-2228.
■ The KC Jazz Club will present saxophonist Javon
Jackson and
friends performing in honor of
the late Freddie
Hubbard. 7:30
and 9:30 p.m.
$26. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ The American University Chorus will
present a concert of the American sound
from the time of the Revolution to the mid20th century. 8 p.m. $10; $5 for students
and seniors. Abramson Family Recital Hall,
Katzen Arts Center, American University,
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-8852787. The performance will repeat
Saturday at 8 p.m.
■ The Folger Consort, soprano Jolie
Greenleaf and violinist Krista Bennion
Fenney will present “Fête d’Eté: French
Cantatas and Suites,” featuring music of
17th- and 18th-century France. 8 p.m. $35.
Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East
Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077. The performance will repeat Saturday at 5 and 8
p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
■ The London Conchord Ensemble will
perform works
by Mozart,
Beethoven,
Bridge and
Poulenc. 8 p.m.
Free; tickets
required.
Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson
Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St.
SE. 202-707-5502.
■ Explorer David W. Jourdan will discuss
his book “The Deep Sea Quest for Amelia
Earhart.” 11:30 a.m. Free. Mary Pickford
Theater, James Madison Building, Library of
Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202707-3956.
■ Sekazi Mtingwa, senior lecturer of
physics at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and senior physicist consultant
to Brookhaven National Laboratory, will
discuss “Charting a Course for America’s
Nuclear Fuel Cycle.” 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 500, Bernstein-Offit
Building, Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies, 1717
Massachusetts Ave. NW.
[email protected].
■ Jennet Conant will discuss her book
“A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child
in the OSS.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.
■ Johnnetta Cole, director of the
National Museum of
African Art, will discuss “Understanding
Culture, Race, and
Gender.” 7 to 8:15
p.m. $25. Baird
Auditorium, National
Museum of Natural
History, 10th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-633-3030.
■ Melissa Auf Der Maur, former bass
player for Hole and
Smashing Pumpkins,
will discuss the artistic
journey that has taken
her from rock music to
photography in “Music
On … Photography.”
7:30 p.m. $18; $10 for
students. National Geographic, 1600 M St.
NW. 202-857-7700.
Performance
■ “American University Dance Presents
VHF: Very High Frequency” will feature contemporary dance. 8 p.m. $15; $10 for seniors and students. Greenberg Theatre,
American University, 4200 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. 202-885-2787. The performance will
repeat Saturday at 8 p.m.
Special event
■ A preview party will celebrate the
Friday, APRIL 8
■ Concert: Arts @ Midday will present classical guitarist Charles
Mokotoff performing works by Bach,
Solis, Yocoh, Ponce, Johanson,
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Granados and
Albeniz. 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Free. St.
Alban’s Episcopal Church, 3001
Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-363-8286.
opening of the fourth annual DC Design
House, an 1925 English Country Tudor
home transformed by the area’s top
designers. Proceeds will benefit the
Children’s National Medical Center. 6 to 9
p.m. $125. 3134 Ellicott St. NW.
dcdesignhouse.com.
Saturday,
April 9APRIL 9
Saturday
Book signings
■ Andrea Zimmerman will sign copes of
her children’s picture book “Eliza’s Cherry
Trees.” 10 a.m. to noon. Free. Museum
Store, National Museum of American
Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.
■ Veronica King will sign copies of her
book “The Sun Is Sleepy.” 12:30 p.m.
Free. Anacostia Art Gallery & Boutique,
2806 Bruce Place SE. 202-610-1418.
Children’s programs
■ The House of Sweden will present
“Space for Children,” designed to foster
interactive creativity and play (for ages 10
and younger). 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free.
House of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW. 202467-2645. The program will continue
Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. through April
24.
■ Ralph Covert, kindie-rocker, playwright
and children’s book author, will deliver a
high-energy concert for kids and their parents in “All Around Ralph’s World.” Noon
and 3 p.m. $16; $12 for ages 12 and
younger. National Geographic, 1600 M St.
NW. 202-857-7700.
■ Filmfest DC for Kids will feature “A
Cat in Paris.” 4:30 p.m. $5. Avalon
Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202966-6000. The film will be shown again
Sunday at 4 p.m.
Classes
■ Historian Stephen Engle will discuss
“Was the American Civil War a Total War?”
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $120. S. Dillon
Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW.
202-633-3030.
■ Scholar and performer Kenneth
Slowik will discuss “Bach: A Life.” 10 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m. $100. Hall of Musical
Instruments, National Museum of American
Avenue NW. 202-633-3030.
■ Cultural Study Abroad, a local travel
company, will present an intensive Italian
language class as a fundraiser for the choir
at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. $160. Location provided
upon registration. 202-669-1562. The class
will be offered weekly through April 30.
Concerts
■ The Larry Redhouse Trio will perform
classic jazz standards and original tunes
from their CD, “Spirit Progression.” 11:30
a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Free. Potomac Atrium,
National Museum of American Indian, 4th
Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202633-1000.
■ The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s
Own” will perform works by Copland. 2
p.m. Free. Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas
Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10
1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.
■ The Asheville, N.C.-based Montreat
Scottish Pipes & Drums Band will perform.
6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Eya: Ensemble for
Medieval Music will
present “Pilgrimage,”
featuring music of
medieval Spain. 7 p.m.
$15; $10 for seniors
and students. Church
of the Ascension and
St. Agnes, 1217 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
eyaensemble.com.
■ The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks
Orchestra will celebrate Jazz Appreciation
Month with a tribute to historic horn duos.
A reception with New Orleans-themed hors
d’oeuvres will follow. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.
$40. Baird Auditorium, Natural Museum of
Natural History, 10th Street and
■ Jazz musician
Randy Weston and his
African Rhythms
Quartet will perform.
7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
$30. Terrace Theater,
Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ The American Youth Chorus will present “Spring Sing!” 7:30 p.m. $15; $10 for
seniors and ages 6 through 15; free for
ages 5 and younger. Lang Theater, Atlas
Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE.
202-399-7993, ext. 2.
■ The WKP Jazz Trio — featuring
pianist Kenny Peagler, bassist Percy White
and drummer Will Stephens — will perform. 9 p.m. to midnight. Free. Black Fox
Lounge, 1723 Connecticut Ave. NW.
blackfoxlounge.com.
■ Sister Joan Chittister, author of “A
Monastery of the Heart,” will discuss
“Radical Christianity: An Exercise in
Spiritual Imagination.” 9 a.m. $12. Nave,
Washington National Cathedral,
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NW. 202-537-2228.
■ Collector and educator Sheridan
Collins will discuss “What’s Islamic About
Oriental Carpets?” 10:30 a.m. Free. Textile
Museum, 2320 S St. NW. 202-667-0441.
■ Susi Wyss will discuss her book
“The Civilized World: A
Novel in Stories,” at 1
p.m.; and Louis
Bayard (shown) will
discuss his novel “The
School of Night,” at 6
p.m. Free. Politics and
Prose, 5015
Films
■ “Stravinsky on Film” will feature the
1982 documentary “Stravinsky: Once at a
Border” and Richard Leacock’s 1966 film
“A Stravinsky Portrait.” 1 p.m. Free. East
Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art,
4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.
202-737-4215.
■ The Goethe-Institut will present
“Shorts-Courts-Kurz,” an afternoon of new
short films from France and Germany. 2
p.m. $10; $7 for seniors and students.
Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-2891200, ext. 160.
Sale
■ St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church will
host a rummage sale. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Free admission. St. Patrick’s Episcopal
Church, 4700 Whitehaven Parkway NW.
202-342-2800.
Special events
■ The Beads and Baubles Festival,
sponsored by arts education organization
The Bead Studio, will feature exhibitors and
workshops. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. $7; registration required for workshops. Marriott at
Metro Center, 775 12th St. NW. 202-3205989. The festival will continue Sunday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
■ A Febergé Egg Family Festival will feature storytelling, folk music, egg decorating
and a centuries-old egg-rolling game. 10
a.m. to 7 p.m. $15; $12 for seniors; $10
for college students; $5 for ages 6 through
18; free for ages 5 and younger. Hillwood
Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155
Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. The festival will continue Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
■ Adam Reed Tucker, a Lego-certified
professional, will complete his model of the
White House, part of the National Building
Museum exhibition “Lego Architecture:
Towering Ambition.” 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. $5.
National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW.
202-272-2448.
■ An Earth Day Family Celebration will
feature a craft session on how to make
creatures out of yogurt cartons and a concert by musician Billy B. 11:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. Free. Smithsonian American Art
Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000.
■ The U.S. Navy Memorial will host the
20th annual “Blessing of the Fleets” as
part of the Cherry Blossom Festival. 1 p.m.
Free. U.S. Naval Memorial Plaza, 701
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-737-2300.
■ The Jewish Study Center’s spring
fundraiser will feature a klezmer band,
dessert buffet, cash bar and dance party.
8:30 to 11 p.m. $25. Tifereth Israel
Congregation, 7701 16th St NW. 202-3321221.
Sporting events
■ The Washington Wizards will play the
Atlanta Hawks. 7 p.m. $10 to $475.
■ D.C. United will play the Los Angeles
Galaxy. 7:30 p.m. $23 to $52. RFK
Memorial Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St.
SE. 202-397-7328.
Walks and tours
■ A Civil War-themed tour of Tudor Place
will focus on the lives of the predominantly
Southern-sympathizing Peter family, which
opened a boarding house for Union officers
and their families during the war, at 10:30
a.m.; and a walking tour of Georgetown will
point out the final resting place of three
renowned Civil War spies, a Union hospital
and the residences of military leaders, at
12:30 p.m. $10 for one tour; $15 for both.
Tudor Place Historic House and Garden,
1644 31st St. NW. 202-965-0400.
■ Dumbarton House will present “Mr.
Nourse’s Georgetown Neighborhood c.
1810,” led by tour guide Dwayne Starlin.
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. $10; free for ages 3
and younger. Meet at Dumbarton House,
2715 Q St. NW. 202-337-2288.
■ The fourth annual DC Design House,
a 1925 English Country Tudor home transformed by local designers, will open to the
public. Noon to 5 p.m. $20. 3134 Ellicott
St. NW. dcdesignhouse.com. The design
house will be open through May 8 daily
except Mondays.
older on a two-mile hike to Milkhouse Ford.
2 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center,
5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.
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Children’s program
■ “Monthly Storytime at Ms. Kirby’s
Kids” will focus on sports-related stories.
4:30 p.m. Free. 2410 37th St. NW. 202821-5464.
Concerts
■ The Kennedy Center Chamber Players
and mezzo-soprano Cynthia Hanna will perform works by Brahms. 2 p.m. $35.
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ Pianist Alexej
Gorlatch will perform
works by Chopin,
Debussy, Bartók and
Ukrainian composer
Ihor Shamo. 3 p.m.
Free. Westmoreland
Congregational United
Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle.
301-320-2770.
■ The Left Bank Concert Society will
perform works by Poulenc, Schnittke and
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■ Film: “ITVS Community Cinema”
will feature the film “Bhutto,” about
the life story of former Pakistani
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. A discussion will follow. 5 to 7 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Langston
Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021
14th St. NW. 202-939-0794.
Prokofiev. 3 p.m. Free. Smithsonian
American Art Museum, 8th and F streets
NW. 202-633-1000.
■ Former NPR music commentator Rob
Kapilow will present a discussion of
Mozart’s last work, “Requiem,” and the
Choral Arts Chorus will perform the piece.
A question-and-answer session will follow. 3
p.m. $15 to $65. Concert Hall, Kennedy
Center. 202-785-9727.
■ The Georgetown University Chamber
Music Ensembles will perform. 3 p.m. $5;
free for students. McNeir Hall, Georgetown
University, 37th and O streets NW. 202687-3838.
■ WarnerNuzova will perform
Beethoven’s sonatas and variations. 4
p.m. $20. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st
St. NW. 202-387-2151.
■ Organist Eileen Guenther, soprano
Millicent Scarlett and tenor Robert Baker
will present “The Power of Spirituals,” featuring music interspersed with commentary
and slave narratives. 4 p.m. Free.
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist
Church, 3401 Nebraska Avenue NW. 202363-4900.
■ Students in the Levine School of
Music Honors Program will perform. 6 p.m.
Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
■ The Venice Baroque Orchestra will
perform works by Vivaldi and other composers. 6:30 p.m. Free. West Garden
Court, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-8426941.
■ “The Sunday Forum: Critical Issues in
the Light of Faith” will feature writer, producer and director Helen Whitney discussing forgiveness and presenting clips
from her new PBS film “Forgiveness: A
Time to Love and a Time to Hate.” 10:10
a.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral,
Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues
NW. 202-537-6200.
■ Alexander Yates will discuss his book
“Moondogs,” at 1 p.m.;
and Diane Ackerman
(shown) will discuss her
book “One Hundred
Names for Love: A
Stroke, a Marriage, and
the Language of
Healing,” at 5 p.m.
Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Mary Beard, professor and chair of
the faculty board of classics at the
University of Cambridge, will discuss
“Warts and All? Emperors Come Down to
Earth” as part of a lecture series on “The
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power From
Ancient Rome to Salvador Dalí.” 2 p.m.
Free. East Building Auditorium, National
Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ The Club for the History of McLean
Gardens and the
Friendship Estate will
present a talk by author
Mark N. Ozer on
“Massachusetts
Avenue in the Gilded
Age: A Model for the
McLean Friendship
Estate.” 3:30 to 5 p.m. Free. McLean
Gardens Ballroom, 3811 Porter St. NW.
202-686-9651.
Special event
■ Amazing Life Games Preschool’s
annual auction will celebrate 40 years of
play-based learning. 6 to 9 p.m. $25 in
advance; $30 at the door. Tabaq Bistro,
1336 U St. NW. 202-265-0114.
Tours and walks
older on a tour of Meridian Hill Park and its
scenic walkways. 10 a.m. Free. Meet at the
Joan of Arc statue above the cascading
waterfall at Meridian Hill Park, 16th and
Euclid streets NW. 202-895-6070.
■ A park ranger will lead a tour of the
Old Stone House garden and explain the
multiple benefits of plants and herbs that
were used during the Colonial era. 2 p.m.
Free. Old Stone House, 3051 M St. NW.
202-426-6851.
Monday,
April APRIL
11
Monday
11
Concerts
■ Sopranos Laura Strickling and
Melissa Wimbish will perform. 6 p.m. Free.
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ The Young Concert Series will present
mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson and
pianist Christopher Cano performing works
by Porpora, Mahler, Ravel and Argento.
7:30 p.m. $35. Terrace Theater, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The a cappella group Vocaldente will
perform popular music of
the last 100
years. 7:30
p.m. Free. The
United Church,
1920 G St.
NW. [email protected].
■ Pianist Martial Solal will perform. 8
p.m. Free; tickets required. Coolidge
Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building,
Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202707-5502.
■ Emily Pugh, a research associate at
the National Gallery of Art, will discuss
“Spies in the Library: Representations of
West Berlin in the 1960s.” 12:10 and 1:10
p.m. Free. East Building Small Auditorium,
National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and
■ Georgetown University’s McDonough
School of Business will host “The Business
of Sports,” a panel discussion of pro
sports team owners. 4:30 p.m. Free.
Lohrfink Auditorium, Hariri Building,
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Georgetown University, 37th and O streets
NW. businessofsports.eventbrite.com.
■ Kathleen Cushman will discuss her
book “Fires in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell
Us About Motivation and Mastery.” 6:30 to
8 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and
Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ Home and office organizers Judy
Tiger and Tamara Belden will present
“Clean Up Your Clutter!” 7 p.m. Free.
Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park
Neighborhood Library, 7420 Georgia Ave.
NW. 202-541-6100.
■ Ashley Judd will discuss her memoir
“All That Is Bitter and Sweet.” 7 p.m. $14;
reservations required. Sixth & I Historic
Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.
■ Donna Leon will discuss her book
“Drawing Conclusions: A Commissario
Guido Brunetti Mystery.” 7 p.m. Free.
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-364-1919.
Films
“Marvelous Movie Mondays” will feature the 1996 film “Prisoner of the
Mountain.” 2 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase
Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.
■ “Second Look Filmfest,” spotlighting
the work of the Coen Brothers, will feature
the 2000 adventure comedy “O Brother,
Where Art Thou?” 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy
Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625
■ “Helke Sander in Focus” will feature
the first part of the filmmaker’s 1991 documentary “Liberators Take Liberties,” about
women who were raped by Red Army soldiers at the end of World War II. 6:30 p.m.
$7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202289-1200, ext. 160. The second part of
the film will be shown April 18 at 6:30 p.m.
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Performances
■ Poet Naomi Shihab Nye will read from
her work. 7:30 p.m. $15. Folger
Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St.
SE. 202-544-7077.
■ Young Playwrights’ Theater will present a collection of student-written plays.
7:30 p.m. Free. GALA Theater, 3333 14th
St. NW. yptdc.org. The New Play Festival
will continue Tuesday and Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. with different lineups each night.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Wizards will play the
Boston Celtics. 7 p.m. $10 to $475.
Tuesday,
April APRIL
12
Tuesday
12
Concerts
■ The Friday Morning Music Club will
perform works by Bach, Dowland, Caccini
and Vivaldi. Noon. Free. Dumbarton House,
2715 Q St. NW. 202-333-2075.
■ The National Gallery of Art String
Quartet will perform works by Mozart and
Beethoven. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Fred Burton will discuss his book
“Chasing Shadows: A
Special Agent’s
Lifelong Hunt to Bring a
Cold War Assassin to
Justice.” Noon. Free.
International Spy
Museum, 800 F St.
NW. 202-393-7798.
■ Barbara Moran will discuss her book
“The Day We Lost the H-Bomb: Cold War,
Hot Nukes, and the
Worst Nuclear
Weapons Accident in
History.” Noon. Free.
Naval Heritage Center,
U.S. Navy Memorial,
701 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW. 202-737-2300.
■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
will present a talk by author Judith Viorst on
“Life Lessons From Under Eight Till
Unexpectedly Eighty.” 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Free. Room 6, Temple Baptist Church,
3850 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-895-4860.
■ Sarah Houser, post-doctoral fellow for
the Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of
American Democracy, will discuss “The
Last Refuge of Scoundrels?: An Ethical
Examination of Patriotism.” 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Mortara Center
Conference Room, Georgetown University,
37th and O streets NW.
[email protected].
■ Ed Breslin will discuss his book
“Drinking With Miss Dutchie: A Memoir.”
6:30 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th
St. NW. 202-347-0176.
■ Swedish-Tunisian writer Jonas Hassen
Khemiri will discuss his novel “Montecore.”
6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.
House of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW. [email protected].
■ Billy Collins will discuss his book
“Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems.” 7 p.m.
Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Marianne Hirsch, professor of English
and comparative literature at Columbia
University, will discuss “Fantasies of
Return: The Holocaust in Jewish Memory
and Postmemory.” 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Rubinstein
Auditorium, U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW.
ushmm.org.
■ Elisabeth Agro, curator of American
modern and contemporary crafts and decorative arts at the Philadelphia Museum of
Art, will discuss “The Fine Art of Craft:
Developing a Connoisseur’s Eye.” 7 p.m.
$35. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100
Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.
■ Wolfgang Müller-Funk, a professor at
the University of Vienna, will discuss “The
Portrayal of America Through Austrian
Literature.” 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of Austria, 3524
International Court NW. 202-895-6776.
■ “NSO Pops” will feature a performance by Pink
Martini. 8 p.m.
$20 to $85.
Concert Hall,
Kennedy
Center. 202467-4600. The
performance will repeat Thursday at 7 p.m.
and Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.
Monday, APRIL 11
■ Discussion: AFL-CIO president
Richard Trumka will discuss current
events. 11:30 a.m. $30; reservations required. Woman’s National
Democratic Club, 1526 New
Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The concert will repeat Thursday and Friday at 6
p.m.
■ Gonzaga College High School and
Connelly School of the Holy Child will hold
their annual spring choral concert, featuring
the Eye Street Boys, the Connelly Vocal
Jazz and the Connelly Camerata. 7:30 p.m.
Free. Historic Gonzaga Theatre, 19 I St.
NW. gonzaga.org.
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■ The Washington Home & Community
Hospices will present a recorded seminar
on “Spirituality and End-of-Life Care,” followed by a question-and-answer session.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free; reservations
required. 3720 Upton St. NW. 202-8950159.
■ Historian Sean A. Scott will discuss
his book “A Visitation of God: Northern
Civilians Interpret the Civil War.” Noon.
Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives
Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th
and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.
■ Carla Peterson will discuss her book
“Black Gotham: A Family History of AfricanAmericans in Nineteenth-Century New
York.” Noon. Free. Montpelier Room, James
Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101
Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5221.
■ Artist Walid Reed will discuss his
work. 5:30 p.m. $10; free for students.
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW.
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Homeless at Friendship Place will present a
symposium on employment and homelessness. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations
requested. Metropolitan Memorial United
Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave.
NW. 202-503-2963.
■ Ori Z. Soltes, a resident scholar of
theology and fine arts at Georgetown
University, will lead a discussion of “Pigs in
Heaven” by Barbara Kingsolver. 6:30 p.m.
Free. West End Neighborhood Library,
1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707.
■ Journalists Bob Woodward and
Patrick Tyler will discuss “Investigative
Reporting, Politics and Uncovering
Secrets.” A book signing will follow. 7 p.m.
$25. The River School, 4880 MacArthur
Blvd. NW. riverschool.net.
■ Georges Viaud, preservation manager
of Flo Brasseries, will discuss “In a Garden
of Cuisine and Culture,” about Parisian
brasseries (in French). 7 p.m. $30. Alliance
Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming
Ave. NW. 202-234-7911.
Special event
■ The Smithsonian Craft Show Preview
Night Benefit will offer a chance to meet
artists featured in the show, get access to
first-choice shopping opportunities, submit
auction bids and sample items from a
cocktail buffet. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $200;
reservations required. National Building
Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-633-5006.
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■ The Washington DC Jewish
Community Center will present the D.C.
premiere of Jonathan Gruber’s 2011 film
“Jewish Soldiers in Blue & Gray,” about
the sacrifices made by some 10,000
American Jewish soldiers who fought on
both sides of the Civil War. A discussion
will follow. 7:30 p.m. $10; $9 for seniors
and ages 24 and younger. Washington DC
Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St.
NW. washingtondcjcc.org.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Nationals will play
the Philadelphia Phillies. 7:05 p.m. $5 to
$350. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol
St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Wednesday and Thursday at 7:05
p.m.
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Concerts
■ Participants in Betty Carter’s Jazz
Ahead program at the Kennedy Center will
perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,
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musical, “National Pastime,” April 9 through
May 13 at the Church Street Theater.
“National Pastime” tells the story of a radio station
on the verge of bankruptcy in Depression-era Iowa. To
spark ratings, the station’s employees invent an
unbeatable baseball team and begin to broadcast phony
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Performance times will be 8 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, as well as 8 p.m.
Monday, April 11. Tickets cost $40; $35 for students
and seniors. The theater is located at 1742 Church St.
NW. 703-892-0202; keegantheatre.com.
■ Landless Theater Company opened “China: The
Whole Enchilada” last week and will continue it
through April 24 at the DC Arts Center.
Three Caucasian men sing, dance and irreverently
march their way through 4,000 years of Chinese history, daring to tackle racism, human rights, genocide and
the birth of the fortune cookie.
Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday
through Sunday. Tickets cost $25. The DC Arts
Center is located at 2438 18th St. NW. 202-4627833; landlesstheatrecompany.org.
■ Factory 499 will present “Magnificent Waste”
April 7 through May 8 at Mead Theatre Lab at
Flashpoint.
Lizzie B makes shock art. Arden buys beautiful
things. A young man wants to be famous. In
“Magnificent Waste,” Factory 449 exposes a modern
world addicted to speed, fashion, celebrity and drama
where three people make a pact that will change their
lives, while a TV show documents everything and a
movie star tries to stay out of the fringe.
Performance times will be 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost
$20, except on pay-what-you-can nights April 8 and
9. Flashpoint is located at 916 G St. NW. 202-3151305; flashpointdc.org.
Keegan Theatre will present the premiere of the
musical “National Pastime” April 9 through May 13.
Georgetown University’s Mask and Bauble
Dramatic Society opened David Lindsay-Abaire’s
“Rabbit Hole” last week and will continue it through
April 9 at Poulton Hall.
Is it possible to ever return to “normal” after the
death of a loved one? What does it mean to effectively
maneuver through grief? Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzerwinning play follows Becca and Howie as they survive
the death of their 4-year-old son.
Performance times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through
Saturday. Tickets cost $12; $8 for students.
Georgetown University is located at 37th and O streets
NW. 202-687-2787; performingarts.georgetown.edu.
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any Washington residences contain important works of art, often of historical interest
to the nation’s capital. The public rarely, if
ever, sees them, because they remain in the living
rooms, dens and other favored places of their owners’
homes.
Seeking to change that, “Capital Portraits:
Treasures From Washington Private Collections” will
open Friday at the National Portrait Gallery. The temporary exhibition presents 60 portraits done during the
last 250 years — including paintings, sculptures,
drawings, prints, collages, mixed-media pieces and
even a tapestry — on loan from Washington-area
homes.
Featured are notables like Pop artist Andy Warhol,
who often visited D.C. in the 1980s. He would stay in
the Foxhall residence of Christina “Ina” Ginsburg, the
Washington editor of his Interview magazine. The
show includes a painted silkscreen portrait he made of
her, revealing an exotic beauty with bright red lips.
Sculptor David Smith welded an abstract modernist
portrait of Lucille Corcos from scrap iron in 1936. At
once angular and sinuous, the seated figure was loaned
by the subject’s son, Kalorama resident David Levy,
former director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and its
school.
Cleveland Park residents Dan Snyder and Tom
Breit loaned an enormous tapestry portrait of supermodel Kate Moss by contemporary artist Chuck Close.
Andy Warhol’s “Ina Ginsburg” (1982), from the collection of Ina Ginsburg
It normally hangs in their sunlit living room, where its
clean lines augment the spare modernism of their I.M.
Pei-designed home.
“Capital Portraits: Treasures From Washington
Private Collections” will open Friday and continue
through Sept. 5 at the National Portrait Gallery.
Located at 8th and F streets NW, the museum is open
daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-633-1000;
npg.si.edu.
Show explores maps through eyes of six artists
“M
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six artists who
explore how maps
both reflect and affect impressions
of reality, will open tomorrow at
Carroll Square Gallery and continue through June 3.
An opening reception will take
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place tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m.
Located at 975 F St. NW, the
gallery is open Monday through
Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202234-5601.
■ “Tom Wesselmann Draws,” featuring some 60 drawings from the
55-year career of the New Yorkbased Pop artist, will open Friday
at the Kreeger Museum and continue through July 30.
Located at 2401 Foxhall Road
NW, the museum is open Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and during
the week by reservation. Admission
is $10 for adults and $7 for seniors
and students. 202-337-3050.
■ “L’Enfance Ailleurs (Childhood
in Elsewhere),” a fundraising
exhibit for Madagascar that highlights Samantha Delaborde’s photography of disadvantaged children
around the world, will open Friday
with a reception at 6:30 p.m. at the
Alliance Française de
Washington and continue through
May 18.
Admission to the reception costs
$15.
Located at 2142 Wyoming Ave.
NW, the gallery is open Monday
Dahlia Elsayed’s “Some Heavy Indulgences” is part of an exhibition at
Carroll Square Gallery.
through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. 202-234-7911, ext. 31.
■ Landis Construction Corp. will
exhibit paintings, sculptures and
photographs as part of Main Street
Takoma’s second annual Art Hop
festival, beginning with an artists’
reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday
and continuing through Sunday.
Located at 7059 Blair Road
NW, the Landis office will be open
Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
■ Hemphill will open an exhibit
Saturday of photography by Anne
Rowland inspired by the farmland
around her home in rural Virginia.
The exhibit will continue through
June 4.
place Saturday from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m.
Located at 1515 14th St. NW,
the gallery is open Tuesday through
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
202-234-5601.
■ Foxhall Gallery recently opened
an exhibit of landscape paintings
by David Bottini and will continue
it through May 6.
place Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m.
with a talk by Bottini at 3:30 p.m.
Located at 3301 New Mexico
Ave. NW, the gallery is open
Monday through Saturday from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-966-7144.
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us “How to Make the Drink
Shirley Temple.” Today I am discussing “How to Play C Major on
a Keyboard.”
We continue preparation for the
DC-CAS, which will take place
next week. We each have been
assigned a mentor to give us
encouragement before the tests.
They bring us treats and notes giving us encouragement to do well
on the test. The mentors really
make us feel good and not so
stressed.
— Kyla Booker, fifth-grader
Lafayette Elementary
The DC-CAS, the state test that
D.C. public elementary students in
grades three, four and five have to
take, is in full swing this week.
Third-grader Sam Angevine
said, “I’m nervous and frustrated
because we already had four DCBAS tests.”
A classmate, Luke Schauer,
agreed. “I’m sort of nervous, and
I’m scared about how long it is.”
A third-grade teacher, Ms.
Jensen, feels that the “DC-CAS is
a good indicator of how kids are
doing on their grade level, but I
don’t like how early in the school
year it is given.”
Fourth-grader Ries Francis
admitted, “I am a little nervous,
but I know I can do it because I
did it last year.”
Jack Darnell thinks that being
nervous is normal, but “you know
you can do it!”
A fourth-grade teacher, Ms.
Fratto, said, “I’m always a little
nervous because you can’t see the
test beforehand … . I wish you
didn’t have to worry about taking
them.”
Fifth-graders have taken the
DC-CAS for two years already.
Fifth-grader Ben Korn said, “I’m
not nervous about it. I think it’s a
long test that could be shorter.”
His classmate, Chloe Leo said,
“I don’t like the DC-CAS. It’s
pointless, it’s difficult and it’s a
waste of a week of school. It
stresses the students out. We work
for two hours a day for four days
on the same test.”
Ms. Betz, a fifth-grade teacher,
said: “Four days is just a snapshot
of a year’s worth of work. I don’t
think of my students as ‘basic’ or
‘proficient.’ I think of them as
awesome, hardworking and
smart.”
— Zachary Schauer,
fifth grader
Mann Elementary
Ms. Ullo’s fourth-graders are
studying the 13 Colonies. We are
doing two projects for this social
studies unit. In the first, we were
assigned to one team for each of
the 13 Colonies. Then we’ll use a
graphic organizer that helps us
collect information. Finally, using
the information we discover about
our colony, we’ll make posters to
share what we learn.
The second project is participating in a town meeting. We will
discuss what we like or dislike
about our school, and if we could
change anything, what would it
be? If we have good ideas, Mr.
Rogall will share them with our
principal, Ms. Whisnant. Maybe
we will manage to change something at our school and see how to
be an active citizen and make
changes in our community!
At Mann, we’re also helping
raise money for the Japanese who
have been hurt by the tsunami,
earthquake and radiation meltdown. We’re making at least a
thousand paper cranes because the
Japanese think they are symbols
for good luck. Then we’ll put the
cranes in envelopes and seal them.
The envelopes are printed with
original haiku (a traditional
Japanese poem) and decorated by
the fourth- and fifth-graders. One
of the fourth-grade classes even
had a bake sale yesterday. In art,
we’re making vases with cherry
blossoms. When all these projects
are done, we’re going to sell
everything at Mann’s Friday
Farmers’ Market! We hope to raise
a lot of money to send to Japan!
— Katarina Kitarovic and
Bianca Berrino, fourth-graders;
and Jazba Iqbal, fifth-grader
Murch Elementary
Every year at Murch the home
and school association has an auction to raise money for the school.
This year’s theme was “Murch
Madness.” This is a fun way for
the school to raise money because
there are many donations from different vendors and there are lots of
items to purchase. This year the
auction raised more than
$100,000.
The class projects are always a
highlight of the auction, and this
year was no exception. Each class
decided on a theme and type of art
project. Ms. Bogan’s kindergartners took photos of themselves
and then painted these photos similar to Andy Warhol’s style. The
students in Ms. George’s thirdgrade class took photos of themselves in front of D.C. monuments. These photos were then
made into an album. Ms. Finberg’s
class built and painted a birdhouse.
These projects could not have
been successful without the help
of room parents, art teacher Ms.
Miriam Cutelis, art liaison Ms.
Regina Holliday and lots of other
volunteers who spent many hours
putting the auction projects into
action. We thank Ms. Cutelis, Ms.
Holliday and all the parents who
made the class projects happen.
— Julia Arnsberger,
fourth-grader
National Cathedral School
On Monday, students returned
from two weeks of spring break,
well-rested and ready to start the
fourth and final quarter of the
year. During the break, some students went on trips for their individual sports. Both the crew team
and the lacrosse team traveled in
order to participate in team-building activities and train for the
upcoming season. The rowing
team trained in Florida, where
they worked on endurance and
refined their skills on the water.
On Saturday, the middle and
upper schools will hold a spring
concert where they will showcase
their artistic talents. The following
weekend, the middle school will
be performing in “Up the Down
Staircase,” its spring production.
This month is full of opportunities
to watch students shine in the
visual arts. In addition to the concert and the play, both the middle
and upper school dancers will be
giving audiences a treat with the
Dance Gala, which will feature a
diverse array of dances from various cultures and movements.
— Parisa Sadeghi, 11th-grader
National Presbyterian
School
The sixth-graders at National
Presbyterian School have been
studying Africa for four months
now. They learned all about the
physical features, economy and
culture of African countries. After
working hard for four months
straight, the sixth-graders decided
to host an African feast for all parents to come to and also to see
their amazing work.
At the start of the feast, the
sixth-grade students marched in
wearing African-style masks. They
made the unique masks in art class
a few weeks earlier. Mrs. Bravo,
the upper division art teacher,
helped us create the masks and
made sure the class had the right
amount of resources to use to
make them. Later on, the sixthgraders sang a couple of songs to
entertain the parents and teachers.
These songs were rehearsed with
our music teacher, Mrs. Hancock.
Afterward, traditional African
dishes were served. After the food
was devoured, the feast was over.
After the enjoyable afternoon, the
kids and parents left with full
stomachs.
— Alexander Taylor,
sixth-grader
Paul Public Charter School
For the month of February the
sixth-grade students at Paul Public
Charter School have been donating money for the organization
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in Afghanistan and Pakistan buy
supplies and build schools. In
1993, Greg Mortenson started
Pennies for Peace in Afghanistan
and Pakistan because the largest
donation he got for his work was
from kids.
To raise the money we had a
competition among all the sixthgrade homerooms. Pennies
equaled positive points and silver
coins and dollars could subtract
points against other teams. We
counted the pennies every Friday
and whoever won earned a prize.
Gallaudet House raised the most
money total.
Sixth-graders also paid $1 for a
dress-down day fundraiser. We
went to TD Bank and counted all
the money in the Penny Arcade.
The total we earned was $547.32.
We hope that our money will give
the gift of education to our peers
in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
— Bezawit Tefera and Asenat
Bokretzion, sixth-graders
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Right now we are learning a lot
in the Fox Class. My favorite part
of the day is when I get to play
Lego with the other kids during
Choice Time.
I also really like Theme. In
Theme right now, we are learning
about art. The name of our theme
is “A Brief History in Art.” We
have been learning about different
artists. One of the artists we have
learned about is Jackson Pollock.
We even got to splatter paint up on
our playground like Jackson
Pollock did.
In math, we have learned about
number sentences and measurement. Yesterday I got to practice
measuring using rulers and tape
measures. I even learned that I can
measure things with my hands,
and that is called hand span.
In reading groups, I am reading
“Henry and Mudge” books and
“The Big Balloon Race.”
In writing, we are learning
about using punctuation at the end
of the sentence.
— Will Burks, The Fox Class
(first-grader)
St. John’s College High
School
This week at St. John’s, the
theater group is putting on its
spring production, “You’re a Good
Man, Charlie Brown.” It is a musical comedy based on the Charlie
Brown comics and cartoons. The
theater group has worked tirelessly
on this show and is proud to present it to the school community.
St. John’s recently announced
the summer athletic camps it is
offering this summer. The camps
include football, lacrosse, baseball,
volleyball, basketball, soccer, field
hockey and co-ed tennis. You can
visit stjohns-chs.org/summercamps to learn more about the fun
camps.
There will be good matchups
this weekend with the boys’ junior
varsity and freshman baseball
teams playing against Gonzaga on
Friday and against DeMatha on
Sunday.
— Emmett Cochetti,
ninth-grader
School Without Walls
On March 30, the home and
school association held an emergency parents meeting to inform
School Without Walls parents
about the upcoming budget cuts
and the school’s possible responses.
The issue is this: The tentative
budget for School Without Walls
next year $810,000 less than this
year’s. That is a cut of 18 percent
of Walls’ current budget. Walls has
been specially targeted for funding
cuts. We had the largest budget cut
of any D.C. public school, and the
second-highest percentage cut.
The per-pupil expenditure — the
statistic that The Washington Post
recently ran a story on — would
drop by about $2,145, putting it
$55 from the allowed minimum.
The local school restructuring
team has been working hard to
find ways to maintain the school’s
mission despite the enormous
budget cuts. The team is trying to
keep Advanced Placement courses
(a necessary part of any collegeprep program) and all required
graduation classes.
As a result of school campaigning, the budget has been increased
twice — but only if School
Without Walls increases enrollment for next year, from 476 to
520 students — and it is still
$320,000 less than this year’s. In
addition to sending two grades
two days a week to StevensFrancis Education Campus, the
school will have to lay off five
teachers and counselors, plus custodians and administrative staff.
The home and school association,
local school restructuring team,
administration and parents are
working hard to get the budget
cuts reduced to avoid hurting the
school’s system of excellence.
— Lillian Audette, 12th-grader
Stoddert Elementary
We’re girls in the fifth grade at
Stoddert Elementary and we
scored 93 percent or better on the
reading or math DC-BAS tests.
We use strategies to do well on
tests, and we like to read. We’ll
share a few things about ourselves
and how we test.
Hi, I’m Danielle. I’m an avid
reader. Right now I’m reading
“Little Women.” When I read, I
picture the characters in my head,
and some become my role models.
I have one now from “Little
Women.” Another role model is
Beatrix Potter. When I was little, I
liked spelling, and I would write
short stories when I was 4 and 5.
I’d like to go to Africa and help
people there. My dad helps people
there and all over the world. I see
myself following those footsteps.
Another role model is Nelson
Mandela. I study and I’m a good
listener. When I take tests, I focus.
Hi, I’m Lucie. In kindergarten I
was reading “Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory” to my class.
My older sister and dad helped me
a lot. Now I do EPGY math and
reading. I’m on a higher level than
my grade. When I get older, I’d
like to be in a field of science or
math that involves nature somehow. During test taking, I do all
my math on scratch paper. I even
draw pictures. When doing the
reading portion, I read the questions first, then the text, and I go
back to the questions before settling on an answer.
— Danielle Fossett and
Lucie Warga, fifth-graders
Wilson High School
Most teens can’t fathom existence without cellphones, even
though we all know they are a
recent invention. Unfortunately for
Wilson students, a new policy is
being put into effect: Electronics
are banned on days when 10 or
more students are found using
them during class. This was first
enforced on March 17, and students tried numerous methods of
sneaking in their phones. Those
who refused to relinquish their
valuables were subjected to suspension and parents were contacted to reclaim the item. Students
who were willing to hand over the
goods were given a numbered slip
of paper and watched as possibly
the most important object in their
life was put in a plastic bag and
thrown in a bin.
It was next used March 23. At
the end of the day, angry
teenagers were crowding around
offices trying to push toward
administrators to pick up their
electronics. While this was a hassle, it was infinitely better than
the alternative — not getting your
phone back at all — as was senior Niall Sullivan’s experience.
He said at first he willingly handed over his phone. “After trusting
them with my phone, they either
lost it or gave it away. I’m angry,
very angry, but mostly disappointed in how they handled this.
They can’t expect us to follow
these rules if they can’t even do
their jobs right.”
Wilson administrators did have
to buy Niall a new phone out of
their own pockets, but the situation was far from ideal for all parties.
On March 29, another senior,
class president D’Arcy Williams,
had his phone stolen, and Wilson
wrote a check for $750 to cover
the expense. The money came out
of an administrative operational
fund.
While it is important that classes aren’t disturbed by frequent
cellphone use, hopefully Wilson
administrators and students can
come together to find a better way
to eliminate these distractions.
They plan to continue to enforce
this new policy until further
notice.
— Kathleen Harn and
Sydney Allard, 12th-graders
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 39
The Current WASHINGTON, DC
GEORGETOWN
BETHESDA/CHEVY CHASE
MARYLAND
VIRGINIA
202.944.5000
202.333.3320
301.222.0050
301.983.6400
703.317.7000
WFP.COM
InternatIonal offerIng
georgetoWn, Washington, DC
braDley Farms, potomaC, marylanD
c1799 brick Federal completely and meticulously renovated to the highest standards. One of the most important
homes in Georgetown. Ballroom, privacy, gardens, pool,
2 garages, 4+ bedrooms, 6.5+ baths. 1/3 acre. $9,995,000
Grand Southampton estate set on 2.10 country club-like
acres including 8 bedrooms, 8 full and 3 half baths, carriage house with apartment, heated pool with spa and
outdoor family room. $7,685,000
Eileen McGrath
Jamie Peva
William F. X. Moody
Marsha Schuman
Stunning renovation unites historic architecture and
impeccable interior design in this Victorian mansion.
Soaring entertaining spaces, massive gourmet kitchen
and grand master bedroom suite. Au pair suite, 3-car
parking. $5,500,000
NEW LISTING! Spectacular residence in East Village
with elevator to all levels, garage plus parking, renovated
chef’s kitchen and 3.5+ baths. Master bedroom suite,
pool, 2 fireplaces, elegant in-town living with high ceilings + loads of light! $3,995,000
Jim Bell
Eileen McGrath
202-253-2226
202-258-5050
202-243-1620
301-299-9598
202-607-4000
202-253-2226
Forest hills, Washington, DC
Dupont, Washington, DC
spring valley, Washington, DC
Gracious home well located on one half acre level lot with
pool and spa. Tastefully updated with top-of-the-line
gourmet kitchen, master suite with his/her baths, and spacious skylit family room. Circular driveway!
Stunning rebirth of historic Dupont rowhouse! Extremely
large home with a classic feel. Home features 5 BR, 6.5
BA, 7FP, formal dining, gourmet kitchen, expansive
upper deck, 2-car pkg., large LL au-pair suite with full
bath, kitchen, and separate entrance. $2,595,000
Fabulous end unit 9-year-young townhome has 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, unsurpassed condition, gated parking,
chef’s kitchen, sunlight and windows galore!! The best of
it all in East Village near Park and Pennsylvania Avenue!
Move-in ready! $2,295,000
Elegant 4 bedroom, 3 full, 2 half bath home in Spring
Valley located on quiet cul-de-sac features large rooms
and ideal floor plan for entertaining, large terrace and
pool for three-season enjoyment on nearly 1/3 acres with
two car garage. A rare offering. $1,995,000
Margot Wilson
Jim Bell
Eileen McGrath
Eileen McGrath
202-549-2100
202-607-4000
202-253-2226
202-253-2226
Foxhall, Washington, DC
observatory CirCle, Washington, DC
palisaDes, Washington, DC
Georgetown’s greatest secret nestled right off Montrose
Park. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath with hardwood floors throughout, gracious large rooms, beautiful private garden and
patio perfect for entertaining. Very easy two story living.
Truly a gem in Georgetown. $1,750,000
Great location adjacent to Georgetown! Handsome brick
home with walkout level south facing garden. Custom
builtins & closets. Roof terrace. 4 bedrooms, 4 full and 2
half baths. Enchanting LL children’s playroom. $1,745,000
NEW LISTING! Pristine 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths with
renovated chef’s kitchen, private pool, garden and fabulous outdoor space, plus heated, screened-in porch. This
move-in ready colonial is a must-see. $1,695,000
William F. X. Moody
Robert Hryniewicki
Ellen Morrell
Matthew B. McCormick
Beautiful 5BR, 4.5 BA home in the sought-after Palisades
community w/ lrg patio, yard & attached 2 car gar.
Formal LR, separate DR, large kitchen opening to a great
FR, large MBR & 3BR on the 2nd level. Great office w/
views of downtown DC &VA. $1,565,000
Nancy Taylor Bubes
202-256-2164
202-243-1620
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Nancy Taylor Bubes
202-256-2164
olney, marylanD
palisaDes, Washington, DC
Kent, Washington, DC
Wesley heights, Washington, DC
Welcome to a special, historically significant Georgian
Colonial built by Sears on over 2.32 breathtaking acres.
Fantastic renovation, privacy, pool and separate pool
house, professional landscaping, all await the most discerning buyer! $1,199,000
NEW LISTING! Charming, Nantucket-style 3 bedrooms,
2.5 baths with luxurious master bedroom suite & dressing
room, renovated kitchen, updated baths, and fully-fenced
rear yard and terrace $850,000
Charming home in Kent. Fabulous kitchen with generous cabinet space, wonderful living/dining area, MBR
ste w/skylights, cathedral ceilings, planked beam ceiling, gorgeous MBA, walk-in closet, LL guest ste w/
separate entrance. Idyllic setting on large lot. $839,000
NEW LISTING! Renovated 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome condo with extraordinary terrace, updated baths,
fireplace flanked by built-ins, and table space kitchen.
Pet-friendly Sutton offers outdoor pool, two parking
spaces and convenience. $569,000
Traudel Lange
Kay McGrath King
Marsha Schuman
301-299-9598
Ellen Morrell
Matthew B. McCormick
202-728-9500
202-243-1609
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40 Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Cleveland Park $348,000
New Listing! Condo & parking near Metro
Kathy Purchase 202.441.8850
The Current
Cleveland Park $939,000
Sold in 2 days! www.3434Porter.com
Marjorie Dick Stuart 240.731.8079
Cleveland Park $1,1,95,000
Coming Soon! MarjorieDickStuart.com
Cleveland Park $1,750,000
New Listing! www.3006Porter.com
THE D.C. PROPERTY LINE
Spring real estate market gains momentum
Washington Home Sales Surge!
Multiple offers above
full price return
Sales of D.C. houses
increase 27.4% in
March compared to
February this year
BY BILL STUART
WASHINGTON, D.C. The number
of house sales in the city continues to
increase monthly in 2011. From
February to March, sales jumped
27.4%.
While interest rates have
increased slightly this week, they are
more favorable than the rates for 30
year fixed rate mortgages of over 5%
at this time last year.
Inventory grew steadily in 2010,
peaking at 1,512 active house listings
in October. In just two months that
plummeted 21.1% fueling this year’s
momentum in sales.
Source: Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc.
Buyers are willing to fight for
value. Well-priced properties in top
condition frequently receive multiple
offers above full price within days of
going on the market. The law of
“supply and demand” should continue
to prove itself through the historically
strong spring sales months of April,
May and June.
Bi! Stuart, a local real estate broker
since 1976, is Head of Randa! Hagner
Residential, a J Street Company.
What did the house down the street sell for? Find out about new listings and recent sales in your
neighborhood automatically! Just call 202.243.0421 and request email alerts for your neighborhood.
OF CURRENT INTEREST
4.86%
30 year fixed rate average
Source: Freddie Mac (week ending 3.31)
Special offer
Springtime 2011 Home Sellers:
Discover how to get more money faster in today’s market.
Request your #ee copy of “Which Home Repairs Result in the
Greatest Return?” Remember to ask about our exclusive “Room by
Room Review.” Just send an email to [email protected] or call
202.243.0421 and ask for one of our sales associate to assist you.
Randall Hagner Residential LLC 202.243.0400
He is a contributor to the Federal
Reserve’s “Beige Book,” providing
anecdotal economic information about the
D.C. real estate market.

No.14 April 06, 2011

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