Browse past news stories for Spingarn High School in Washington, DC.

• Layoffs At Ailing D.C. Schools Spark Union Outrage (NPR)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 07:58:33 am
  Washington, D.C., schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's reform program for the city's school system involves changing the way teachers are evaluated. Tensions escalated between Rhee and the teachers union earlier this month when more than 200 teachers were laid off only months after 900 new teachers had been hired.
• Ralph V. Chase Sr., stadium manager (Baltimore Sun)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 07:49:21 am
  Ralph Vincent Chase Sr., a former Baltimore City Recreation and Parks official who had been manager of the old Memorial Stadium, died Sunday of heart failure at Sinai Hospital.
• The D.C. government has given Ronald Moten's Peaceoholics $10 million to quash street beefs. What has it gotten? (Washington City Paper)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 09:48:53 pm
  Police cars and yellow caution tape line the intersection of Alabama Avenue and Congress Street SE on a Monday night in August. A young man named Stephon Hooks has been shot in the leg and is on his way to Washington Hospital Center.
• Performance Among Factors in Teacher Layoffs: Rhee (NBC Washington)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 11:46:43 pm
  Back from a speaking engagement at her alma mater, DCPS Chancellor Michelle Rhee defended last week's layoffs.
• Timing, Math of D.C. Teacher Layoffs Spur Anger, Confusion (Washington Post)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  A student at McKinley Technology High School wonders whether looming teacher layoffs might violate his civil rights. Parents worry about larger classes and fewer electives for their children. And veteran teachers are concerned they will be shown the door.
• If at First You Don’t Succeed: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 02:18:53 pm
  Morning all. Attorney General Peter Nickles is petitioning a federal court to drop its 35-year oversight of the District’s mental health care functions: ‘City attorneys say the court oversight…is no longer necessary, and even improper now,’ AP reports.
• Peaceoholics Mentor Convicted of Sexually Assaulting 15-Year-Old (NBC Washington)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 11:01:44 pm
  A 50-year-old man faces 60 years in jail for molesting a girl at Spingarn High.
• Peaceoholics Mentor Found Guilty (FOX 5 Washington D.C.)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 10:41:09 pm
  A mentor for the Peaceoholics has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl inside a D.C. school. Barry Harrison, 51, had been working inside Spingarn High School for just a few days last April when a 15 year old came forward to say she had been assaulted by Harrison in the basement.
• The Rookie Mayor Of Detroit (NPR)
  posted on May 25, 2009 at 02:13:55 pm
  Dave Bing was sworn in as mayor of Detroit earlier this month. The NBA star turned businessman turned politician will have to draw from all of his years of experience to help the city, which is failing financially and adrift politically.
• Judge Orders D.C. Molestation Suspect Held Until Trial (Washington Post)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  A Northeast Washington man who was arrested last month and accused of molesting a girl in the basement of a District high school was ordered held yesterday in the D.C. jail until trial by a Superior Court judge.
• Former DC Hoop Star Dave Bing Becomes Detroit Mayor (WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 12:01:05 am
  Former All-Met Standout Takes Over Troubled Post
• Detroit voters elect Bing mayor (The Washington Times)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 08:53:38 am
  Dave Bing, businessman and former Detroit Pistons star, won a special mayoral election Tuesday, defeating Kenneth Cockrel Jr., the current mayor and former City Council member. Both are Democrats. Mr. Bing, 65, will serve through 2009, completing the term held by disgraced former Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick who resigned in the fall and served a prison sentence for his role in a police ...
• Former Washington Bullet Bing now Mayor of Detroit (WTOP Radio Washington, DC)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 02:32:55 am
  Bing grew up in Northeast Washington, D.C. where his mother still lives. He went to Spingarn High School with another NBA legend, Elgin Baylor.
• Mentor, a convicted killer, charged with sexual abuse of D.C. teen (WTOP Radio Washington, DC)
  posted on April 22, 2009 at 02:02:54 pm
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A convicted killer who was placed in a D.C. school as a mentor has been charged with second-degree sexual abuse of a student. Authorities say Barry Harrison worked for the nonprofit anti-violence group Peaceoholics at Spingarn High School.
• Youth Mentor Charged With Sex Abuse of Teenager (Washington Post)
  posted on April 22, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  A mentor for a nonprofit anti-violence group that works with youths in the District has been charged with second-degree sexual abuse after he allegedly kissed and fondled a student at a Northeast Washington high school.
• Mentor Charged with Assaulting Teen (FOX 5 Washington D.C.)
  posted on April 20, 2009 at 11:15:47 pm
  A mentor with the Peaceoholics, a group that works with at-risk youth, has been arrested for sexually molesting a student inside Spingarn High School.  The 15-year-old student came forward last week, telling police that 50-year-old Barry Harrison took her to the basement of the school where the offense took place. But that's not all.
• D.C.-Area's Best on College Hardwood (NBC Washington)
  posted on March 17, 2009 at 10:29:59 am
  Which D.C.-area high school basketball players reigned supreme in college? With tourney time here, take a look at some of our area's best.