Res 04-26

ANC 3F RESOLUTION REQUESTING REPAIRS AT WILSON HIGH SCHOOL AND
 RESTORATION OF WILSON IN THE DCPS CAPITAL BUDGET

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F
North Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, & Tenleytown
4401A Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Box 244
Washington, D.C.  20008-2322


WHEREAS, Wilson Senior High School, located in SMD 3F06, serves residents of ANC 3F, Ward 3, and students from throughout the city -- and with almost 1,500 students, is by far the city’s largest public school; and

WHEREAS, Wilson’s 75-year-old building is in critical need of repair, with unresolved roof leaks and torn or missing gutters and drains; yet despite deplorable conditions – water pouring into an electrical box, paint peeling in sheets, walls crumbling, and classrooms becoming unusable -- the DC Public School system (DCPS) has ignored requests for repairs and even withdrawn work orders that had been approved; and

WHEREAS, after DCPS Area G chose Wilson as its top priority for renovation in the facilities planning process, Wilson’s Local School Restructuring Team began planning not only to meet Wilson’s own modernization schedule but also to ensure compatibility with the reconstruction of Wilson Pool by the DC Department of Parks and Recreation and Wilson’s ability to house the 9th grade from Deal Junior High School during the upcoming renovation of Deal; but DCPS has inexplicably removed Wilson from the FY 2005 capital budget, leaving Wilson unable to continue its planning process and to alleviate pressing facility issues;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: ANC 3F calls on DCPS, the mayor, and the DC Council to take immediate action to repair broken and missing gutters and downspouts at Wilson High School as well as damage caused by leaks and asks that ANC 3F be given a schedule of when the repairs will be conducted and when they have been completed; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT:  ANC 3F strongly requests that funding for Wilson High School be restored in the DCPS capital budget for FY 2005 so that Wilson can continue its feasibility study on its site master plan and fund the first phase of work on modernization.
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Approved by a vote of 7-0-0 at a duly noticed public meeting of ANC 3F on September 20, 2004, with a quorum present (a quorum being 4).


            /s/ Karen Lee Perry                                                     /s/ Cathy Wiss              
          Karen Lee Perry, Chair                                                  Cathy Wiss, Secretary