Committee of the Whole

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING on Student Absenteeism and Discipline on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Hearing Room 412 (Track B) John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW DC Council Website (www.dccouncil.gov) WITNESS LIST Government Witnesses 1. Laura Zeilinger Director, Department of Human Services 2. Paul Kihn Deputy Mayor for Education Public Witnesses 3. Eboni-Rose Thompson President, D.C. State Board Of Education 4. Robert Henderson Ward 5 Representative, D.C. State Board of Education 5. Eric Goulet Ward 3 Representative, D.C. State Board of Education 6. Chelsea Coffin Director, Education Policy Initiative, D.C. Policy Center 7. Eduardo Ferrer Visiting Professor & Policy Director Georgetown Juvenile Justice & Initiative 8. Danielle Robinette Senior Policy Attorney, Children’s Law Center 9. Jodi Ovca Director, ACCESS YOUTH 10. Hannah Mason Senior Education Research Analyst, D.C. Policy Center 11. Cynthia Robbins Public Witness 12. Tayo Belle Deputy Director, School Justice Project 13. Kerry Savage Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy, PAVE 14. Kristi Matthews-Jones DC Girls Coalition 15. Karley Sessoms Public Witness 16. Tami Lewis Senior Director of Government Affairs, DC Charter School Alliance 17. Nicole Travers Senior Director of School Support & Program Data 18. Laura Maestas CEO, DC Prep PCS 19. Jessica Giles Executive Director, Education Reform Now Advocacy DC 20. Rustin Lewis Executive Director, Communities in Schools in the Nation’s Capital 21. Monique Baker Communities in Schools in the Nation’s Capital 22. Dylan Amankwaah Communities in Schools in the Nation’s Capital 23. Phoebee Jean Public Witness 24. Justin Lessek Executive Director, Sojourner Truth PCS 25. Jaytoya Manget Faculty Nurse Practioner, Children’s National Hospital 26. Raymond Weeden Executive Director, Thurgood Marshall PCS 27. Rachel White Senior Youth Policy Analyst, DC Action 28. Tracy White CEO, Paul PCS 29. Marja Plater Senior Counsel, Youth Justice Counsel, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs 30. Micah Haskell-Hoehl Public Witness 31. BJ Paige Public Witness 32. Kathryn Procope Executive Director, Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science PCS 33. Dr. Jeffery Grant CEO, Monument Academic PCS 34. Regina Bell Vice President, WTU Local 6 35. Elizabeth Weiss Public Witness 36. LaJoy Johnson-Law Disability Parent Advocate, Caregivers Dream 37. Maria Blaeuer Director of Programs and Outreach, Advocates for Justice and Education 38. Akela Crawford Director Of Legal Services, Advocates for Justice and Education 39. Amelia French Advocates for Justice and Education 40. Cathy Reilly Executive Director, Senior High Alliance of Parents, Principals, and Educators 41. Josh Boots Executive Director, Empower K-12 42. Scott Goldstein Executive Director, EmpowerED 43. Caroline Pryor Lead Organizer, EmpowerED 44. Angenette Planter Teacher, EmpowerED 45. Dr. Donald Thompson Educator, EmpowerED 46. Sophia Baratta Teacher, EmpowerEd 47. Dante Comparetto Teacher, Empowered 48. Antoine Kirby Education Committee Chair, NAACP DC Branch 49. Yanik Gregg Public Witness 50. Katrice Fuller PAVE Parent Leader, PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) 51. Navaeh Williams Youth Leader, Black Swan Academy 52. Taylin Jackson Youth Leader, Black Swan Academy 53. Naomi Toney Youth Leader, Black Swan Academy 54. Madison Stringfellow Youth Leader, Black Swan Academy 55. Marcus Williams Youth Organizer, Black Swan Academy 56. Stephen Cook Youth Leader, Black Swan Academy 57. LaGeorgia Callaham Youth Leader, Black Swan Academy 58. K’layah McCoy Youth Organizer, Black Swan Academy 59. Tylea Dawson Youth Leader, Black Swan Academy 60. Ceon Dubose Lead Organizer, Black Swan Academy 61. Samantha Davis Executive Director, Black Swan Academy 62. Olivia Heinemann Public Witness 63. Sam Heinemann Public Witness 64. Taniya Bowling Public Witness 65. Erica Stevens Friendship PCS 66. Donna Black Public Witness 67. Trina Robinson Public Witness 68. Andrea Evans Public Witness 69. Ashley Ogbonna Public Witness 70. Fozeya Ahmed Public Witness 71. Clarisse Mendoza-Davis CEO, Maya Angelou PCS & See Forever Foundation 72. Cyril Pickering School Psychologist, Maya Angelou PCS & See Forever Foundation 73. Danielle Reiff Public Witness Government Witnesses 74. Lauren Haggerty First Assistant Attorney General, DC Office of the Attorney General 75. Tia Brumsted Assistant Superintendent, Office of the State Superintendent for Education 76. Cinthia Ruiz Chief Integrity Officer, DC Public Schools 77. Paige Hoffman Chief of School Improvement and Supports, DC Public Schools 78. Robert Matthews Director, Child and Family Services Agency