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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board invites the public to participate in a public hearing on a request to by Maya Angelou Public Charter School to amend its charter to include an Adult Education Center. The Adult Learning Center (ALC) will be specifically designed for young adults ages seventeen through twenty four years old who do not have a high school diploma. The program will provide workforce training and programming to support college and career placement. The ALC will offer approximately 256 industry-standard job training slots per year in carpentry/construction trades, culinary arts, horticulture/landscape architecture, and potentially allied health fields.
The hearing will be held on Monday, June 21, 2010 from 7:30 PM to 8:00 PM in the Conference Room at the D. C. Public Charter School Board, 3333 14th Street, NW. During the public hearing, The Maya Angelou Public Charter School representatives will describe the rationale for the proposed change. The Board invites the public’s participation in the hearing and asks members of the public to testify on the impact the proposed request will have on:
1. students, parents, and the community;
2. other public schools in the District of Columbia; and
3. the quality of education in the city.
Individuals who wish to testify should call the Board’s office at (202) 328-2660 by 3:00 PM on the day of the hearing to be placed on the hearing schedule and should send by, June 28, 2010 a written copy of their testimony to the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board, 3333 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010. For more information or to be placed on the witness list, call the Board’s office at (202) 328-2660.
Sign and/or Spanish language interpretation will be available upon request. Members of the public needing these services are requested to contact the Board no later than June 2, 2010 so that arrangements can be made.
