CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

&

COUNCILMEMBER DAVID GROSSO

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

ANNOUNCE A JOINT PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE

on the

PR23-0067, the “Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee Confirmation Resolution of 2019”

on

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

6:00 p.m., Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus

Cafeteria

1200 Clifton St. NW

Washington, DC 20009

            Chairman Phil Mendelson and Councilmember David Grosso announce the scheduling of a public roundtable of the Committee of the Whole and the Committee on Education on the nomination of Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee as Chancellor of the D.C. Public Schools. The public roundtable will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus, Cafeteria, 1200 Clifton St. NW, Washington, D.C., 20009.

            The stated purpose of PR23-0067 is to confirm the appointment of Lewis D. Ferebee as Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools in accordance with section 104 of the District of Columbia Public Schools Agency Establishment Act of 2007, effective June 12, 2007 (D.C. Law 17-9; D.C. Official Code § 38-174), and in accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-142; D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01).

Those who wish to testify may sign-up online at http://bit.do/educationhearings or call the Committee on Education at (202) 724-8061 by 5:00pm on Monday, February 4, 2019. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 10-15 copies of written testimony. Witnesses should limit their testimony to three minutes. 

If you are unable to testify at this public roundtable, there will be an additional public roundtable. Also, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Written statements should be submitted by email to Ashley Strange, Committee Assistant, at astrange@dccouncil.us, or by mail to the Committee on Education, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 116 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2019.