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Watkins Moderniza/on

School Improvement Team Mee/ng 1/13/2016

District of Columbia Public Schools

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1200 First Street, NE

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Washington, DC

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202.442.5885

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202.442.5026

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Project Update Swing Space Transporta/on Swing Space AEercare Space Pre-‐Occupancy Improvements Swing Space Program Layout – Review Session

District of Columbia Public Schools | January 1, 2010

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Project Update §  Builder Selec/on: RFP review panel has made a recommenda/on and a builder is expected to be on-‐board in the coming weeks. §  January 2016 §  Focus on swing space program layout

§  February 2016 §  Builder reviewing the project and preparing pricing es/mates. §  Regroup on site layout and gardens

§  March 2016 §  Regroup on design and program layout

§  Spring 2016 §  Color discussions, flooring types, etc


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Transporta/on §  DCPS will provide transporta/on to/from the Eliot-‐Hine. §  We would like to form a subgroup with the school leadership, SIT, PTA, parents to help us answer ques/ons like: §  §  §  § 

# of Students Requiring Transporta/on Pick-‐Up/Drop Off Times Pick-‐Up/Drop Off Loca/ons Others

§  DCPS will con/nue to work with WMATA & DDOT on the C40 route, but we are commièd to supplemen/ng the transporta/on. §  The informa/on above will help DCPS prepare a RFP for a transporta/on company. The informa/on above is needed by: Mid-‐February


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AEercare §  School-‐led aEerschool enrichment programs will be determined by the school, but there are no reasons why they cannot operate as they have in the Watkins building. §  OST Programs will con/nue to operate at Eliot-‐Hine for Watkins students. §  Springboard will con/nue to operate at Eliot-‐Hine for Watkins students. §  DPR: There are ongoing discussions with DPR about their program placement. §  This group will work with the school (Vanessa Drumm) and DCPS to determine where in the building these programs will be located.


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Pre-‐Occupancy Improvements §  Many of the pre-‐occupancy improvements will be determined aEer the final layout (wall addi/on/demo, etc), but we would like the SIT to help us think through other pre-‐occupancy improvements, like: §  §  §  § 

Pain/ng Ligh/ng Other cosme/c upgrades IT Infrastructure (determined by OCTO)

§  This will be part of the SIT discussions.


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Move Logis/cs §  DCPS & DGS will be working to set up move coordina/on mee/ngs with Watkins staff in February. §  The selected contractor will be responsible for the move from Watkins to Eliot-‐Hine. §  The contractor will provide boxes and supplies §  The move mee/ngs will focus on packing procedures, packing best prac/ces, labeling, scheduling, etc. §  DCPS moves all student records/files and technology. §  The school may ask for parent volunteers to help pack. To be coordinated by the school.


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Program Layout at Eliot-‐Hine §  DCPS & DGS are presen/ng a VERY PRELIMINARY DRAFT layout. §  This process has to go through review by leaderships at both schools. Exercise for Tonight §  Break into 3 groups and include a parent, teacher, staff member §  Answer the following ques/ons as a group: §  What elements do you like about this layout? §  What are your biggest concerns? §  Are there elements missing?

§  We would like to con/nue this discussion with the SIT. Layout needs to be finalized by early March District of Columbia Public Schools | January 1, 2010

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Next Mee/ng §  February §  §  §  § 

Updates on subgroup topics Con/nued discussion on program layout in swing space. Site design and garden discussion Builder Introduc/on

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