The first day of 2010 Winter Break found the School's front sidewalk, steps, and the sidewalk on South Carolina Avenue covered by a sheet of ice. Both safety and resource concern. Someone turned then left running the water spigot.
C. L. Hibbard Plumbing and Heating came to the School's rescue several years ago when our mega-boiler ceased working on very cold days because the pressure in Washington Gas's Second Street pipe was not high enough to meet the boiler's safe operating standard. Hibbard installed five small Peerless units that cycle on or off depending on outside air temperature and interior comfort. 
The Historical Society of Washington's exhibit "Schools for All, A History of DC Public School Buildings," includes Capitol Hill Day School's Dent School Building. The program notes that "The preservation of these historic schools continues to enrich the District of Columbia both culturally and financially."
Richard Wallach, Washington DC's mayor (1861-1868) is given credit for launching the golden age of school construction in DC. The Franklin School at 13th and K Streets NW and the Charles Sumner School at 17th and M Streets, NW remain the most significant from an architectural perspective. Wallach School, built in 1864, the first constructed and named for the mayor, was replaced by Hine Junior High School. Other photos feature Lennox, Giddings, the original Brent School, and the "French School," now CHAW.
Many of these schools were designed by Adolf Cluss, a German immigrant who came to Washington to work as a draftsman and engineer at the Washington Navy Yard. As an architect he designed 90 buildings in DC of which 11, including Eastern Market, remain.
The exhibit is open from Sunday, July 18, and through September 26, 2010 at the Historical Society, 801 Street, NW, at Mount Vernon Square.
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Capitol Hill Day School hired Community IT Innovators, Inc. (www.citidc.com) to complete an infrastructure upgrade to its computer network and hardware. With CITI's assistance we will enhance internet security, increase internet connectivity speed, replace a significant number of computer workstations, upgrade wireless connectivity, and install SmartBoards. CITI's on-site staff includes Galen Wenger, Systems Administrator, David Dawson, Senior Systems Engineer, and Nate Meyer, Systems Administrator.
The installation will be complete by the School's opening bell, Tuesday, September 6th.
Hydrologic Technicians from the U.S. Geological Survey, MD-DE-DC Water Science Center, examined the School's well on July 15th to determine if it would be suitable for inclusion in an aquifer monitoring project that the USGS has undertaken to study the Patuxent Aquifer.
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