Committee of the Whole

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING on “Chronic Absenteeism and Truancy” on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. Hearing Room 412, John A. Wilson Building (Track B) Hearing Room 412 (Track B) John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW DC Council Website (www.dccouncil.gov) WITNESS LIST 1. Frazier O’Leary Ward 4 Representative, DC State Board of Education 2. Eric Goulet Ward 3 Representative, DC State Board of Education 3. Robert Henderson Ward 5 Representative, DC State Board of Education 4. Eboni-Rose Thompson President, Ward 7 Representative, DC State Board of Education 5. Kortni Stafford Principal, McKinley Middle and High School 6. Liz Cohen Policy Director, Future Ed 7. Russ Williams CEO, Center City Public Charter Schools 8. Justin Lessek Executive Director, The Sojourner Truth Montessori Public Charter School 9. Judith Sandalow Executive Director, Children’s Law Center 10. Danielle Robinette Senior Policy Attorney, Children’s Law Center 11. Tracy White CEO, Paul Public Charter School 12. Kathryn Procope Executive Director, Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science 13. Candice Bobo Executive Director, Rocketship Public Charter Schools DC 14. Nicole McCrae Senior Director of School Support & Program Data, The DC Charter School Alliance 15. Hannah Mason DC Policy Center 16. Rev. Wendy Hamilton Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, 8D06 17. Maya Martin Cadogan Founder and Executive Director, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) 18. Salim Adofo Chair 8C, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, 8C07 19. Rusin Lewis Executive Director, Communities in Schools in The Nation’s Capital 20. Josh Boots Executive Director, EmpowerK12 21. Minetre Marin Organizing Manager, Education Reform Now DC 22. Karley Sessoms Public Witness 23. Eduardo Ferrer Public Witness 24. Shayna Scholnick Director of the Promotor Pathway, Latin American Youth Center 25. Faith Gibson Hubbard Chief Strategy Officer, PAVE 26. Laura Maestas DC Prep 27. Gavin Ware Public Witness 28. William Lightfoot Public Witness 29. Tara Iqbal Director of SEL, DC Prep Public Charter School 30. Angela Jones Youth Guidance 31. Regina Bell Vice President, Washington Teacher’s Union 32. Scott Goldstein Executive Director, EmpowerEd 33. Tayo Belle School Justice Project 34. Cynthia Robbins Public Witness 35. Harley Morgan Assistant Director, Truancy Prevention Programs, Access Youth 36. Emily Hall Program Manager, Access Youth 37. Sharifah Holder Attendance Support Specialist, KIPP DC 38. Ty’Ronn Spriggs Public Witness 39. Jaytoya Manget Nurse Practitioner, Children’s National Hospital 40. Maya Brennan Public Witness 41. Kristi Matthews-Jones Director, DC Girls’ Coalition 42. Dr. J. Corey Williams Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, MedStar Georgetown Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 43. Ivana Thorton Eagle Academy Public Charter School 44. Terry Young Public Witness 45. Cat Peretti Executive Director, CityTutor DC, Citybridge Education 46. Tia Bell Founder, The TRIGGER Project 47. Kisha Clark Public Witness 48. Tyesha Andrews Public Witness 49. Andrea Jones Public Witness 50. Yolanda Corbett Public Witness 51. Katrice Fuller Public Witness Government Witnesses 52. Nakisha Winston Staff Attorney, The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia 53. Alicia Washington Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Public Safety Division 54. Robert Matthews Director Child and Family Services Agency 55. Dr. Michelle Walker Davis Executive Director, Public Charter School Board 56. Paul Kihn Deputy Mayor of Education, Office of the Deputy Mayor of Education 57. Cinthia Ruiz Chief of Integrity, District of Columbia Public Schools 58. Dr. Christina Grant Superintendent, Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)