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Leaving Children Behind:
The Underfunding of D.C. Public Schools Building Repair and Capital Budget Needs

A Parents United for the D.C. Public Schools
Civic Leader Advisory Committee Report
July 2003

ENDNOTES

[1] “Facility Master Plan Overview: The Case For A New Generation Of Schools,” page i-8, District of Columbia Public Schools (May 2001)(hereafter referred to as “DCPS Master Plan Overview”).

[2] Parents United v. Kelly, Civil Action No. 92-3478 (KKC).

[3] See generally D.C. Code §§ 6-701 et seq. (2001).

[4] DCPS Master Plan Overview at i-8.

[5] Id.

[6] The modernization of Oyster Bilingual Elementary School was financed by an innovative public/private partnership.  Oyster opened its new building to students in September 2001.

[7] These schools are: Birney, Brightwood, Cooke, Thomas, Walker Jones and Wheatley Elementary Schools; Sousa and Hardy Middle Schools; Woodson Senior High School; and Luke C. Moore Academy.  McKinley High School, Bell Multicultural High School, Lincoln Multicultural Middle School and Phelps Career and Technical High School constitute another phase in the modernization program. 

[8] These schools are Ross, Smothers, Slowe and Turner Elementary Schools; Kramer and MacFarland Middle Schools; Deal and Terrell Junior High Schools; and Anacostia and Cardozo Senior High Schools.

[9] DCPS Master Plan Overview at i-12.

[10] Id.

[11] DCPS Master Plan Overview at i-13.