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To My D.C. State Board of Education Family,

I do not know where to begin. Typically expressing my thoughts and emotions through words has been my thing on the State Board. But I can’t lie, figuring out how to say this has been a struggle. I guess what I am trying to say is that words cannot describe everything the past two and a half years on the Board has meant to me, and I know this letter will probably not do me full justice. But I will try anyway.

Washington, DC—The DC State Board of Education (SBOE) releases a four-part series of reports on input and feedback received from principals, teachers, other D.C. residents, as well as school accountability experts on D.C.’s school accountability system– the STAR Framework and Rating. The State Board will take all of these factors into consideration as it continues to hear from constituents ahead of a vote on recommendations to revise the STAR Framework at the January Public Meeting. 

The State Board of Education (SBOE) has heard concerns from families and schools about the abrupt end to the mask mandate on Monday, November 22. Families are worried that the end to the mandate in much of the public sphere, but maintaining it in schools and childcare settings, does not provide enough protection for children, especially those under five years old that are unable to receive a vaccine.