Committee seeks details from DGS and DCPS on trailers, prek access and recent chaperone-policy changes
April 29, 2026 | District of Columbia Public Schools, School Boards, District of Columbia
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Committee members instructed staff to prepare letters to the Department of General Services (DGS) and District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) to clarify facilities and volunteer-policy issues affecting early childhood access and field-trip chaperones.
Representative Goule asked for trailer inventories and program details: the current use of each trailer (classroom or office), square footage, when each trailer began service, and anticipated removal dates. She asked agencies to identify whether any eligible in-boundary students cannot attend prek3 or prek4 because of space constraints and to provide counts of additional classrooms or seats required to serve all eligible in-boundary students.
On chaperone policy, committee members requested that DCPS supply a history of recent changes and the rationale for the decision to stop allowing parents who passed a district-approved criminal-background check from serving as overnight chaperones. Representative Goule said the change appears to have come from the office of risk management and expressed concern about shifting staffing burdens to DCPS employees.
Committee members agreed these letters will inform transition planning and possible follow-up with the incoming administration. Staff will draft the letters and circulate them to committee members for comment before the working session.
Next steps: staff to draft and circulate letters to DGS and DCPS, seeking trailer inventories, space-duration and removal dates, counts of space needed for universal prek access, and a detailed explanation of recent chaperone-policy changes.
Representative Goule asked for trailer inventories and program details: the current use of each trailer (classroom or office), square footage, when each trailer began service, and anticipated removal dates. She asked agencies to identify whether any eligible in-boundary students cannot attend prek3 or prek4 because of space constraints and to provide counts of additional classrooms or seats required to serve all eligible in-boundary students.
On chaperone policy, committee members requested that DCPS supply a history of recent changes and the rationale for the decision to stop allowing parents who passed a district-approved criminal-background check from serving as overnight chaperones. Representative Goule said the change appears to have come from the office of risk management and expressed concern about shifting staffing burdens to DCPS employees.
Committee members agreed these letters will inform transition planning and possible follow-up with the incoming administration. Staff will draft the letters and circulate them to committee members for comment before the working session.
Next steps: staff to draft and circulate letters to DGS and DCPS, seeking trailer inventories, space-duration and removal dates, counts of space needed for universal prek access, and a detailed explanation of recent chaperone-policy changes.
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