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Nalle Elementary’s Field in Jeopardy During Modernization Process DCPS Officials Acknowledge Lack of Community Engagement By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5Students from J.C. Nalle Elementary at the April 2023 Emancipation Day Parade. Nalle has been waiting patiently for a full modernization of a school building that, among other things, lacked a unified HVAC system. (WI File Photo)
The Collins Council Report: The Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act
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BREAKING BARRIERS IN JOURNALISM
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer The D.C. Council officially wrapped up the 2024 budget season with its unanimous approval of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act on June 25. This 5 Eugene Daniels, 35, will milestone didn’t come without some dis- serve over 700 journalists as cussion around hot-button issues that the first openly queer Black
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For more than a decade, community members at J.C. Nalle Elementary School have waited patiently for the full modernization of a school building that, among other things, lacked a unified HVAC system and periodically reeked of fuel. Though Nalle, and at least two other Ward 7 schools, are up in the queue, the impending modernization has highlighted other pressing issues concerning what some community members call D.C. Public Schools (DCPS)’
lack of stakeholder engagement during the process. “Nalle should’ve been engaged first, in spite of whatever school community needed to use the space,” said Caprice Casson, president of the parent-teacher organization at Nalle as she spoke about a recent meeting in the school’s auditorium that left more than 150 students, parents, teachers and residents shocked, and even angry. “The bigger issue came from DCPS wanting to take the entire field,” she added. During that June 11 meeting, DCPS officials revealed that the en-
White House Correspondents’ Association to Instate Eugene Daniels as President
By Ashleigh Fields WI Contributing Writer
A son of a soldier, former Division I college athlete and storied journalist president of the White House will now lead the prestigious White Correspondents’ Association House Correspondents’ Association (Courtesy Photo/ WHCA, National Press Foundation) (WHCA) as president. Eugene Daniels, co-author of the daily Politico Playbook, is preparing to embark on a new and exciting journey at the helm of the White House Press Corps later this month.
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5 D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and a bevy of community leaders recently broke ground on what will eventually become townhomes, affordable senior housing, and retail space at Skyland Town Center, an urban development project more than two decades in the making. Almost two years ago, Lidl opened as part of a previous phase in the development. (WI File Photo)
Third Phase of Skyland Town Center Development Represents a Vision Fulfilled By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), along with a bevy of government officials, community members, and developers, recently broke ground on what will
eventually become townhomes, affordable senior housing, and retail space at Skyland Town Center. The June 20 groundbreaking represents the third, and final, phase of an urban development project more than two decades
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