Record Funding Boost Likely for Schools
Costly Stadium Plan Provoked Advocates to Fight for Systemwide Renovations
Sunday February 05, 2006
The D.C. Council is expected to approve the biggest school funding increase in city history after months of pressure from more than 1,000 parents, educators and activists galvanized by the decision to pay millions for a new ballpark.
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Hidden Camera Investigation Finds
Deplorable Conditions in Public School Bathrooms
Tuesday February 22, 2005
An Inside Edition investigation has found deplorable and dangerous conditions in a number of public school bathrooms. In a hidden camera report that aired Tuesday, Feb. 22, Inside Edition Senior Investigative Correspondent Matt Meagher, in visits to several schools in Miami and Washington D.C., found conditions that would likely shock parents.
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Amid Disrepair, Students 'Just Can't Think'
Sweltering Heat, Faulty Bathrooms Top List of Woes
Thursday November 18, 2004
It is always too hot, there is only one functioning water fountain, the lighting is too dim to see well, and most of the bathrooms don't work most of the time, forcing students to race around the three-story building looking for a functioning toilet. Some are late for class; others wait -- uncomfortably -- for the school day to end.