Town Hall Series on DC School Planning Projects
Join the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education for a series of virtual town hall meetings to learn more about the Boundary & Student Assignment Study 2023 and the Master Facilities Plan 2023. These initiatives will provide strategic, data-informed recommendations to ensure more students have equitable access to great schools and modern, well-maintained facilities that meet their needs.
Register for the December Boundary Study town halls and find materials from the fall and spring town halls below.
December Town Halls
Participants will review and provide feedback on the DCPS boundary and feeder scenarios and potential student assignment policy recommendations. Content at all three meetings will be the same.
- Date: December 12, 2023 | Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Anacostia High School | 1601 16th St SE, Washington, DC 20020 | Register here to attend.
- Date: December 13, 2023 | Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual | Register here to attend.
- Date: December 14, 2023 | Time: 12 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual | Register here to attend.
Past Town Halls
Boundary & Student Assignment Study 2023
September 2023: During the second set of Boundary and Student Assignment Study town halls, participants reviewed the landscape of DCPS boundaries and student assignment analysis, provided feedback on potential policy tools, and received an introduction to the online web tool. Both town halls covered the same content. Find materials from both town halls below.
- Presentation
- Recording of virtual town hall from Tuesday, September 26
- Recording of virtual town hall from Wednesday, September 27
May 2023: During the first set of Boundary and Student Assignment Study town halls, participants heard an overview of the study process, goals, timeline, and provided feedback about guiding principles and challenges around clear student assignments to by-right schools and feeder pathways. Both town halls covered the same content. Find materials from both town halls below.
- Presentation
- Recording of virtual town hall from Tuesday, May 16.
- Recording of virtual town hall from Wednesday, May 17.
Master Facilities Plan (MFP) 2023
October 2023: During the final set of MFP town halls, participants reviewed updated programmatic capacities and draft recommendations supporting the three goals of the MFP; ensuring school facilities are efficiently utilized, ensuring every student is enrolled in a modern state of the art facility and, ensuring every student's daily experience is in a well-maintained facility.
- Presentation
- Recording of the virtual town hall from Wednesday, October 4
- Recording of the virtual town hall from Thursday, October 5
July 2023: During the second set of MFP town halls, participants reviewed the state of the District’s public school facilities (modernization, maintenance, and utilization), discussed specific challenges and opportunities across the city, and provided feedback about potential strategies for the city’s long-term plan.
- Presentation
- Recording of virtual town hall from Wednesday, July 12
- Recording of virtual town hall from Thursday, July 13
May 2023: During the first set of MFP town halls, participants heard an overview of the study process, schedule, and goals and provided feedback on the challenges the long-term plan needs to address, as well as learned about the landscape of public school facilities. Both town halls covered the same content.