Center Section Celebrating 58 Years - Vol. 58, No. 24 • March 30 - April 5, 2023
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Local Public Charter School Network Criticizes Mayor Bowser’s Budget Proposal Charter School Leaders Argue Violation of School Reform Act By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer In her fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget proposal, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) responded to public charter school teachers who were pondering whether they would receive funds matching what their counterparts secured in their contract negotiations with D.C. Public Schools (DCPS). However, charter school leaders aren’t
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DCSEU Program Connects Job Seekers to Green Industry By Kayla Benjamin Climate & Environment Reporter Rolanda “Vicky” Washington, 51, worked at the publishing company ProQuest for 30 years as a facilities manager. But when another company bought it in 2021, the facilities department was dissolved. “That forced me to look for a different career,” Washington, a Ward 5 resident, said. “I hadn’t interviewed in years—everything had changed.” Jack Sullivan, 25, is a relatively re-
5 Family and friends of Dalaneo “Debo” Martin held a prayer vigil and marched from the 3300 block of Benning Road to the 300 block of 36th Street in Northeast on March 26th where a U.S. Park Police officer shot and killed Dalaneo days earlier. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Family Members Challenge Narrative about Teenager Slain by Park Police Local Activists Mull How to Combat Police-Involved Shootings, Violent Crime By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5 Gleniss V. Brown Wade, Program Manager for the DCSEU’s workforce development program, speaks to the class during a Wednesday training session on March 15. (Rob R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer)
cent D.C. transplant. He graduated from Ohio University in 2020 with a degree in entrepreneurship, and came to the District to get involved in the solar energy industry. On paper, Sullivan and Washington might not seem to have a ton in common.
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More than a week after a U.S. Park Police officer shot and killed District teenager Dalaneo Martin, members of his family said they've yet to receive official documentation about the encounter that ended Dalaneo's life. As family and friends of Dalaneo, affectionately also known as Debo, continue to demand information about the officers involved, they remain adamant about let-
ting the world know the whole truth about their son, brother and nephew. "Debo was goofy. He could get under your skin, but he would give you his socks [and clothes] off his back," said Dalaneo’s mother Terra Martin on Sunday at the culmination of a march that started at a Shell gas station on the 3300 block of Benning Road in Northeast and ended on the 300 block of 36th Street where Dalaneo was pronounced dead eight days earlier. Martin, flanked by Dalaneo’s siblings, friends, along with his significant other and their infant son, spoke about Dalaneo and his affinity for
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fashion, video games and swimming. The grieving mother also recounted her last Facetime conversation with Dalaneo, the night before he was killed, during which he told her that he would pick up his sixmonth old son, Jordan, from her house in the morning. "Since he had his baby, he tried to change his
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