Get Informed. The District will kick off the 2008 observance of National Preparedness Month with a preparedness fair on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 from noon to 2 pm at Franklin Square Park. Fairgoers can receive information about family and personal preparedness and sign up to receive emergency text messages through the city’s Alert DC citizen emergency notification program.Read more >>
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Academic Incentive Program. Mayor Fenty and Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced that DC Public Schools (DCPS) plans to team up with the Innovation Lab at Harvard University to implement a pilot program, dubbed Capital Gains. The program will reward middle school students based on attendance, behavior and other indicators (to be determined), such as homework completion and grades. Read more >>
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Safe Off-Campus Housing. The Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) launched a new web-based campaign to give the thousands of college students living in off-campus housing the power to make their lives safer. DCRA’s new site thisshouldbeillegal.com provides access to online databases where students can search by address to see if they are being rented to legally.Read more >>
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Ready for School. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, DC Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Michelle Rhee and the Director of the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM) Allen Lew Monday announced on August 25, 2008 that all 123 school buildings are open on time and prepared to serve close to 50,000 students throughout the District.Read more >>
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Celebrating Summer Youth. Mayor Fenty joins young people from the Department of Employment Services (DOES) Summer Youth Employment Program to celebrate the end of a successful summer. Green Summer Job Corps members spent the summer learning about environmental protection, cleaning up parks and rivers, and educating the public.Read more >>
Green Job Training The nation’s first green collar job training curriculum for the Washington, DC, area construction industry will be taught at the Academy of Construction and Design at Cardozo Senior High School in Northwest.
Utility Bill Help The District Department of the Environment has given nearly 30,000 grants (typically between $250 and $1,000) for residents whose electricity or gas has been or is about to be disconnected. Read More
