(Washington Post) — While it is more symbolic than statistically significant, District officials Tuesday hailed the reported 1 percent gain in public school enrollment this fall as a critical measure of growing confidence in a school system that has spent the past four decades shedding students.
“This is in large part due to the fact that people are feeling more faith and confidence in our individual schools,” said D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, who joined Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) to report the uptick – the first in 39 years, they said – at a chilly early morning press conference on the steps of Powell Elementary in Petworth.
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