Roosevelt High School Student Leaders Open the Front Door
March 14, 2011
Student leaders at Roosevelt High School, from YPN affiliate S.T.E.P. Up DC, held a 70-person action at their school as part of their Open the Front Door campaign. For the past 10+ years the front door entrance to Roosevelt has been closed for mysterious reasons. As a result, all students must use the back entrance to the school, meaning students must walk through a busy parking lot and past rows of dumpsters to enter the school. This has contributed to students being late for their morning classes and a general feeling of being disrespected.
The student leaders packed a room at Roosevelt with 70 students, teachers, parents, and community supporters and got commitments from the head officials in charge of security at DCPS to get the front door opened within the next 90 days.
Students, teachers, parents, and community supporters worked with head officials in charge of security at DCPS to develop next steps.
70 students, teachers, and parents from Roosevelt High gather to show their support for the Open the Front Door Campaign.
Students and supports secured commitments from officials to get the Front Door open within the next 90 days.
