in the bayview, bret harte elementary, carver, malcolm x, willie brown which was a school closure as part of the school improvement grant and marshall high school. in the mission, chavez, flynn, horace mann which is buena vista horace mann k-8 school. nine were funded by sig. all were funded with school improvement grant dollars and in the bayview, two schools are funded with sig dollars. the two zone offices that were created to support this town are led by dr. patricia gray and in the mission. i have the small staff of fiscal analyst and as secretary. there is a supervisor of professional learning in the mission and in the offices there are content and professional development specialists in the area of special ed and literacy and math. we also have attendance liaisons' and of the secretarial support. -- liaisons and office secretarial support. this is based on national research in the -- based on the chicago school study. there are five essential elements indicated in the study that need to be attended to. if you want to transform schools. creating a clear instructional batons and

with respect to james lick, our middle school feeder pattern does include bret hart feeding into james lick. that feeder pattern would need to be supported. >> i understand, but presumably there would be more than six kids on the bus. my other question is, on page 23, what does other mean? where are we taking 658 kids after school not to an early elementary school, a middle school, or an after-school device? >> and there would be going to neighborhood stops around the city that are not identified with a day care. commissioner wynns: 10 we just drop them -- we just drop them off someplace, not a street corner? >> and that is correct. commissioner wynns: that is crazy. >> areas of the city were assigned specific schools. some stocks were put at neighborhood locations convenient for the parents. those stocks have remained -- those stops have remained through the various changes in transportation. commissioner wynns: how many stops do we have? >> i do not know. >> just as one illustration of that, we are thinking on focusing on, if there are public housing developments that could serve a c

. >> i am the new principal at bret harte, and want to speak on behalf of excluding the zone. i cannot be more eloquent than superintendent garcia about the difficulty of creating stomach long-term change in a constant state of transition. we were working on the budget and thinking about what we were going to do for professional development, planning the budget for that. one of my leadership team members said, "do we also have to budget for the five new teachers who did not get the professional development we had last year? there was a pause. will they be here next year? what are we investing index it is very difficult to produce systemic change in a constant state of flux. the other thing we talk about a lot is doing our students through a trauma lands, because there is so much trauma. there is so much inconsistency in transition in their homes. one of the best things we can do to recognize the goal of equity and social justice is to recognize that in our schools. thank you. >> good evening. i work with mission schools. i work in professional development. i'm one to talk abou

bret harte to get a spot anywhere. >> capital bikeshare has just opened two new kiosks along the mall. >> its nice or visitors. it's fantastic. >> we have seen a few people biking around this area even in these early morning hours to check out the cherry blossoms, which is probably a good thing. as you guys saw, parking will be a mess out here as the day goes on. jummy olabanji reported from the tidal basin. >> we are proud to be a sponsor of the national cherry blossom festival. everything you need to know about the festival on our website, wjla.com. you can find information on traffic patterns, a schedule of events, and more photographs from the tidal basin. >> this has to be one of the best cherry blossoms festivals where i can remember. the timing with the blossoms and also the weather is great. >> the weather is fantastic. march and april could be all or nothing around washington. we have seen snow on the cherry blossoms before. all it takes is a gusty day or thunderstorm and they are gone. >> they are delicate. it's we have produced of whether to go out to look at the cherry blo