NEW THIS MONTH
34 DCPS Reorganization and Restructuring: The Devil’s in the Details … and the Wide View • by Virginia Avniel Spatz DC Public Schools plan to reshuffle – with but a few months planning – more than 26,000 students, a population equivalent to that of the entire city of College Park, Md. Many more students will be affected less directly, as resources – including out-of-boundary transfer slots (see sidebar) – shift throughout the 52,000-student system.
38 Jumping Out: Getting Kids Out of Gangs • by Tanya Snyder
Eighth grade was a hard year for Diana. That was the year she got caught jumping other girls in the locker room, she her crew the girls for exactly 13 seconds everywhere on their bodies but their faces.....

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
8 DC North Calendar | PDF only
16 Bulletin Board • by Peter Vankevich | PDF only
20 The District Beat • by Mark Segraves | PDF only
22 Ward Reports • by Natasha Abbas 1 & 2, Rachel Carrier & Jenny Johnson | 1, 2, 4, 5
28 The Numbers • by Ed Lazere | PDF only
30 DC Green • by Elizabeth McGowan | PDF only
32 Meet Your Neighbor: Eddye Williams • by Kendra Langdon Juskus | PDF
34 DCPS Reorganization and Restructuring: The Devil’s in the Details … and the Wide View • by Virginia Avniel Spatz | PDF only
38 Jumping Out: Getting Kids Out of Gangs • by Tanya Snyder | PDF

DC STYLE
40 Tasty Italian Flare at Locanda • by Monica F. Jacobe | PDF only
42 Business Brief: Firehook Bakery and Coffeehouse • by Selina Musuta | PDF
43 Jazz Avenues • by Stephen Monroe | PDF only

KIDS AND FAMILY
44 Motivating Your Reluctant Reader: Encouraging Children Who Choose Not To Read • by Ed-Genuity Consultants | PDF

HOMES AND GARDENS
46 Garden Spot: Beat the Winter Blues • by Derek Thomas | PDF only

REAL ESTATE & FINANCE
48 Changing Hands • courtesy of Marcus Jaffe | PDF only
49 Keys to Homeownership: What Happens When Home Prices Drop? •
by Frank Demarais and Lewis Smith | PDF only
50 Developer Profile: Metropole • by Jessica White | PDF
52 Building Wealth • by Armstrong Williams | PDF only

CLASSIFIEDS
54 The Classifieds | PDF only

THE LAST WORD
58 The Last Word | PDF only

THE NOSE KNOWS
59 The Nose • by Anonymous | PDF only

February 2008 DC North Cover, Contents and Masthead | PDF only