Emergency Legislation for the April 10, 2018 Legislative Meeting (Lawrence E. Boone School)

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Subject: Emergency Legislation for the April 10, 2018 Legislative Meeting (Lawrence E. Boone School)

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

MEMORANDUM

TO: Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council

FROM: Chairman Phil Mendelson

Councilmember Trayon White

DATE: April 5, 2018

RE: Request to Place Emergency Measure on the Agenda for the April 10, 2018 Legislative Meeting

This is to request that the following measures be placed on the agenda for the April 10, 2018 Legislative Meeting:

Lawrence E. Boone Elementary School Designation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2018
Lawrence E. Boone Elementary School Designation Emergency Act of 2018

The purpose of the designation is to officially designate the school in Lot 822 in Square 5561, bounded by Nicholson Street, S.E., Prout Street, S.E., 22nd Street, S.E., and Minnesota Avenue, S.E., in Ward 8, as Lawrence E. Boone Elementary School. After collaborating with students, parents, and community members, the District of Columbia Public Schools found it most fitting to re-designate Orr Elementary School as Lawrence E. Boone Elementary School. The new designation will honor the late Mr. Lawrence E. Boone who served as principal to Orr Elementary School for 23 years and was a pillar in the Anacostia Community.

Permanent legislation to effect the official designation is scheduled for first reading on April 10, 2018. Enacting the legislation on an emergency basis will make the official designation effective sooner than congressional review and guarantee that the school signage will be installed before the school opens in August 2018.

The draft proposed measures are attached. Please call me or Sydney Hawthorne if you have any questions at (202) 724-7130.

Sydney Hawthorne

Legislative Counsel

Committee of the Whole, Chairman Phil Mendelson

Council of the District of Columbia

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 410

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: (202) 724-7130

E-mail: shawthorne@dccouncil.us

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