[2/18] Let’s look more closely at who Banneker is and why we are fighting so hard for the Banneker community...
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[THREAD] Today, the @councilofdc voted 7-6 to block the expansion of DC’s nationally-recognized Benjamin Banneker High School. As we continue this conversation, I want to share the letter I sent to the Council last week...pic.twitter.com/TOTy5diu6j
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[8/18] Demand for Banneker is still growing. Over the past three years, applications to Banneker have increased 36%. In School Year 2019-2020, the school received more than 800 applications for their ninth and tenth grades...
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[9/18] Last year, people across the nation were introduced to Banneker through the story of three amazing young women: India Skinner, Mikayla Sharrieff, and Bria Snell. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/racist-hackers-tried-to-ruin-their-chances-in-a-nasa-competition-six-months-later-theyre-undeterred/2018/11/22/08754010-e8f5-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?utm_term=.048a4fd71461 …
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[10/18] Banneker students frequently receive national recognition for their achievements and, year after year, make our city proud...https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dcs-banneker-high-produces-two-gates-millenium-scholars/2014/06/16/c67fb140-f583-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html?utm_term=.923deaa4b440 …
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[11/18] In 2016, President Obama spoke at Banneker and highlighted how impressed he was with the students when he first visited five years earlier...pic.twitter.com/MmtLzOGrqc
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[12/18] This year, the Banneker Ethics Bowl Team won the DC area Ethics Bowl and competed at the National High School Ethics Bowl at UNC Chapel Hill, where they won the Spirit of Ethics Award...pic.twitter.com/9pVuMZtRTC
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[13/18] Principal Anita Berger is a native Washingtonian who started teaching at Banneker in 1993 and was recognized as the DCPS Principal of the Year in 2017...pic.twitter.com/C0sMhTOkUN
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[14/18] Washingtonians throughout DC know friends and family who found their pathway to the middle class at Banneker. As we continue to combat displacement and gentrification, the decision to expand Banneker should be an easy one to make...
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[15/18] The staff and students at Banneker deserve a modernized school. More students in our city deserve the opportunity to attend Banneker...
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[16/18] Only by moving Banneker to the Shaw site can we both modernize and expand Banneker and welcome more students and families into the exceptional, nationally-renowned Banneker community...
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[17/18] I thank
@cmdgrosso,@RobertWhite_DC,@AnitaBondsDC,@CMBrandonTodd,@kenyanmcduffie, and@trayonwhite for voting today to#BackBannekersMove...Show this thread -
[18/18] We’re going to keep fighting for the students, staff, and families at Banneker and for every student in our city who wants the opportunity to attend Banneker in the future.
#BackBannekersMove.pic.twitter.com/utFeXlauDM
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