| To restructure six schools |
Main and governing under the magnifying glass in DC
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Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic
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Michelle Rhee, chancellor of education and mayor Adrian Fenty made sure that this decision will help to grantizar the educational excellence. photos: Washington Hispanic |
In the context of an exhaustive reappraisal and restructuring of the public schools of Washington DC in search of the educational excellence, mayor Adrian Fenty announced this week the following catalogued step of “critic“, who consists of re-constituting the team of work of six schools; from the directors, teachers, advisers and assistants.
This initiative is part of the Law That No Child Remains Behind (NCLB, for his initials in English) and is a drastic option to achieve real progress in schools that could not have improved the academic level of the pupils.
“ The high quality of the schools is not obtained overnight, and the law NCLB demands that we should take serious steps towards the rehabilitation of schools that continuously fail to reach a suitable annual progress”, expressed Adrian Fenty. “To improve the schools is the only one of the hardware that our administration is using to offer to the students, teachers and the directors a renewal and to help them to create school ambiences where effective learning takes place”, added Fenty.
The reconstitution of the personnel of the schools consite in that mostly the teams of work and teachers will have to request his current position again across a process of interviews with the administration of the school. This intervention allows to the leaders of the schools to choose to a personnel that is really compromised by the academic initiatives and priorities of the school, and in turn that are highly qualified and effective workpeople.
With this measurement one hopes that the pupils should benefit on having had excellent teachers and on having been present at schools well organized where all the members of the team of work share the same vision.
An important point in this reconstitution is that the personnel who are not thought inside the process, that is to say that they should not be hired again, does not lose his work because they have the option to join a team of reservation. They with the help of the office of human resources of DCPS have access to a list of available vacancies, transferences fairs, as well as specializing assistance. These persons will be assigned to another center of work for the next school year.
“ To improve the public schools is a federal obligation and not an option, this coincides with our target to take strategic decisions for the best interest of the pupils and to be able to cover his specific needs”, expressed the chancellor of education of DC, Michelle Rhee.
The reconstitution will become effective after last day of classes, next June 16. The first transference fair will be realized on Saturday, the 16th of May in Columbia Heights Education Campus.
The parents of six involved schools will be notified.
| Candidate to the council prepares herself for general election |
Governing and executive they endorse Navarrese
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Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic
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| The executive of the County of Montgomery, Isiah Leggett, supports the campaign of Nancy Navarro. Photo: Álvaro Ortiz/Washington Hispanic |
With the official support of the governor of Maryland, Martin O'malley and of the executive of the county of Montgomery, Isiah Leggett, the candidate to the council of the jurisdiction in mention, Nancy Navarro prepares himself to take part of the special general elections in that one might consolidate his victory on having turned into the Hispanic woman first in filling the councilman's vacancy of Montgomery.
After canceling for a few days his campaign activities for the untimely death of his mother, the candidate of Venezuelan origin loads forces and energy to recapture his campaign and to enter to the final straight line in the direction of the council.
“ I feel a big satisfaction that the authorities and representatives of the government recognize the work that I have realized and should offer me his support of an official way after a few days of the general elections”, pointed out the democrat Nancy Navarro.
“ The governor across a declaration in writing recognized our effort to support a very inclusive campaign that 4 allowed to come to all in the District and that the day of the primary ones was demonstrated because major participation was seen, especially of the Latin Americans, in the electoral process”, made sure Navarrese.
Navarrese Nancy was grateful for the active participation of his team of campaign and the volunteers who work day and night to make sure that all the electorate should go out to fulfill with his civic duty next May 19 to guarantee the victory.
| Members of the cooperative of Arlandria-Chirilagua fight for his rights |
Tenants denounce “bad handling”
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Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic
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| Tens tenants went out to the streets to be protested for the bad handling of the Directorate of the Cooperative of Housing Arlandria Chirilagua. Photo: Zaynab Aden. |
One of the biggest complexes of housing created for persons of low income in the city of Alexandria faces a series of abuses and discriminatory actions that go from excessive cashings, housings in the bad state up to the threat of being evicted from his apartments. For such a reason the tenants and members of the Cooperative of Housing Arlandria Chirilagua (ACHC, for his initials in English) realized a march as a token of protest across which they demanded democratic elections to change completely to the Directorate that at present administers the cooperative.
“ We have years fighting against these abuses. The members of the Directorate must change every year, but for six years a group has taken possession of the Meeting. The tenants mostly we are Hispanic and we have no representation and they consider us to be as ignoramuses and when we ask for an arrangement in our apartments they us do not pay attention and even want to increase the rent”, it expressed to Washington Hispanic, Carlos Moreno of El Salvador, who is a member of the cooperative for 10 years.
During the march realized on Tuesday, the 12th of May it was a question of conversing with the members of the Meeting who were in the administrative office, but they did not agree to give any declaration. The Meeting is integrated by nine members of whom six are permanently and during the last elections three new members managed to enter, but as they affirm themselves that they are not taken into consideration because “we are not majority”.
For the time being nine tenants are in expectation of the decision of the Court to know if they are evicted or not. They were accused for the Meeting of not wanting to pay the extra tariff for 50 dollars for relame person of garbage and 100 dollars for the water service.
The tenants are in expectation of the elections of next September where they hope that the Meeting should be renewed completely for for what they are asking them to allow them to inform his lawyers as observers to avoid aberrations.
“ ACHC has a critical function in the economic Alexandria development. Many years families of low economic resources; mostly African American and Latin, they have found sure hearths inside the ACHC. Also, they have managed to save many of them sufficiently to buy their own house for the low cost of the ACHC. We cannot give the back to ACHC and allow her to disappear, ”there says Jon Liss, the director of Tenants and Close Workpeople, the organization that handled the campaign in the years ochentas to resist hundreds of evictions of the quarter Chirilagua and which resulted in the ACHC creation
Infantile care
Turn into teacher of an infantile center, work like assistant of teacher or proprietor of your own business. Be present at the Institute of Education Miriam P. Baldwim and receive classes in Spanish in suitable schedules. To obtain additional information one communicate to 301-982-0315 or 301-982-1596.
Examinations of Health
In the National week of the health the Department of Firemen and EMS realizes “Safety in the car chairs” which realizes on Saturday, the 16th of May 10 am – 4 pm in 101 Atlantic Street S.E. DC. For information call (202 345-6371.
Yard goes out
Members of the Department of Police officer invite to take part in the Yard it goes out for the sake of victims of the crime. The event is realized on Saturday, the 30th of May of 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Rockville Elks Lodge #15, 5 Taft Court, Rockville. For information call 240-773-5626.
Voluntariado
The Office of the Voluntariado of the County of Arlington invites the community to to integrate across his voluntariado programs. For volunteers information in Spanish, call Ileana Mayorga (703) 228-1760.
Tutors for adults
Fairfax's County offers the adults who want to complete the secondary school. These programs offer themselves students who have finished his classes of ESOL and can communicate really in English. Call us 703.503.6405 for more information in Spanish.
Contest
The Hispanic Literacy program realizes III spelling Contest in Spanish which there will be carried out on Friday, the 12th of June of 5:00 to 9:00 p.m in the school Carlos Rosario located in 1100 Harvard Street, NW, Washington DC. Major information calls Mario Gamboa to 202-319-2225.
Self-defense
The Department of Police officer of the city of Falls Church offers the program of self-defense (RAD), which will teach tactics and skills to young people and women. The classes will carry out 8 and on June 15 of 6:00 to 9:00 p.m in the school St. James located in 830 W. Broad St. The participants must be present at four meetings. For information and record call 703-241-5053.
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