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Washington-area colleges among best values in the nation
Lisa Gartner
Published: Sun, Dec 30, 2012
When it comes to bang for your buck, the Washington area is a veritable firework. In newly released rankings of the nation's "best values" in public colleges, Maryland and Virginia schools took three of the top five spots, as both states' flagship universities moved up in the eyes of...
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The 3-Minute Interview: Event planner Aimee Dominick
Lisa Gartner
Published: Sat, Dec 29, 2012
Hoping to throw a New Year's Eve party to remember? Take some advice for a 2013 to remember from Dominick, who plans weddings and private parties for Washington-area revelers as the founder of A. Dominick Events. What's a common mistake that inexperienced hosts make? I think they try to take...
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Only $152 million more to go for Fairfax County schools
Lisa Gartner
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2012
The Fairfax County School Board found nearly $10 million in unspent funding in its current budget and will set most of the money aside to spend next year -- a downpayment on a budget deficit expected to go as high as $162 million. The board won't go through it's entire $2.4 billion budget...
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DCPS: 15 salad bars unused because of contract dispute
Lisa Gartner
Published: Sun, Dec 23, 2012
Fifteen of the 22 salad bars donated to DC Public Schools' cafeterias have been sitting unused all year because of a contract dispute with the schools' food vendor, a school system spokeswoman said. As a result of the conflict with Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality, at least one donor said...
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56 D.C. charter schools don't have nurses
Lisa Gartner
Published: Sun, Dec 23, 2012
Less than half of the District's public charter schools employed a school nurse this year, leading to spotty tracking of students' allergies and inconsistent responses to injured students, school officials told The Washington Examiner. "To me, it's like a ticking time bomb," said Scott...
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City Council: DCPS food contract is 'abomination'
Lisa Gartner
Updated: Thu, Dec 20, 2012
DC Public Schools' primary school food provider charged the system $7 million more than agreed upon to serve students 15 million fewer meals over five years, according to an audit of the contract and testimony of local lawmakers. Anthony DeGuzman, chief operating officer of the school system,...
