[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 112 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D917-D918]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS READINESS STATUS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: On August 26, the 
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a hearing on the Status 
of the District of Columbia Public Schools Readiness for the 1998-1999 
School Year. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Public Schools of the District of Columbia: Arlene Ackerman, 
Superintendent and CEO; and Wilma Harvey, President, Board of 
Education; Col. Bruce A. Berwick, USA, Commander and District Engineer, 
Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; Arthur 
Turowski, Director, Portfolio Management for Public Buildings Service/
National Capital Region, GSA; Constance Newman, Vice-Chairman, District 
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and

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Management Assistance Authority; Maudine Cooper, Chairman, District of 
Columbia Public Schools Emergency Transitional Board of Trustees; and 
Carlotta C. Joyer, Director, Education and Employment Issues, GAO.