CDI currently provides direct services to six public high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland (a suburb of Washington, DC). These high schools have an average enrollment of 1,658 students with students of color accounting for more than 75% of the enrollment (with one exception). As many as 47.7% of the students qualify for Free and Reduced Meal Subsidies (FARMS).
Our partner high schools are:
Albert Einstein High School (Kensington, MD)
John F. Kennedy High School (Silver Spring, MD)
Paint Branch High School (Burtonsville, MD)
Springbrook High School (Silver Spring, MD)
Walter Johnson High School (Bethesda, MD)
Wheaton High School (Silver Spring, MD)
Montgomery County Public School Superintendent, Jerry Weast, talks about the educational opportunity gap in an interview on National Public Radio’s Kojo Nnamdi Show, February 10, 2009
