On orders from Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, 30 staffers surveyed principals about the books they have and need--a push that for the first time would give school officials a clear understanding of a problem that's burdened the system for years. But flawed data and incomplete responses from two-thirds of the schools have tainted the count, and four days before school starts, Rhee has yet to say how many books are missing.
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EARLIER: Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee says her goal is to have 95 percent of the school system's textbooks in the schools by opening day on Monday, but almost 40 percent of those books were not in place one week before classes will begin.
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Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee says most of the district's public schools will start the academic year this month stocked with required textbooks.
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One month before school starts, Washington, D.C., officials say half of D.C. public schools do not have all their required textbooks, and half of the school buildings will not have any air conditioning on the first day of school. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, who assumed control of the school system a few weeks ago, promises that this will be the last year of such textbook debacles. He says the city is updating school heating and air-conditioning systems.
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