District of Columbia Healthy School Act Hearing

The Healthy Schools Act Hearing took place Friday, March 26, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. DC Council Chamber (Room 500) John A. Wilson Building1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20004



Video of the Hearing
Video of Councilmember Cheh's Opening Statement 

You can download and view Dr. Nura Green's, executive director of Aban Institute and Associates, Inc. testimony presented to Council below in Panel 11.

Agency Statements

Michelle Rhee, District of Columbia Public Schools
Kerri L. Briggs, Ph.D., Office of the State Superintendent of Education
Yesim Yilmaz, Ph.D., Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Panel 1

Kathy Woodward, M.D., Society of Adolescent Medicine
Douglas Van Zoeren, M.D., Kaiser Permanente
Muriel Wolf, M.D., Children’s National Medical Center
Mary Beth Tinker, R.N., Public Witness

Panel 2


Walter Smith, D.C. Appleseed
Amy F. Shroades, R.N., Public Witness
Nicole Farmer, M.D., Public Witness
Charlene Burgeson, National Association for Sport and Physical Education

Panel 3

Yolandra Hancock, M.D., Children’s National Medical Center
Deazon Gardener, 3rd Grade Student, Kimball Elementary School
Tamara Robinson, 3rd Grade Student, Kimball Elementary Schoo
Kristin Roberts, D.C. Hunger Solutions


Panel 11

Nura Green, Ph.D., Aban Institute and Associates, Inc.
Beth Perry, Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care
Mark Haskell, Friends & Food International
Antoinette McIntosh, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Panel 12

Erika Watson, Revolution Foods
Keith Jenkins, Student, Thurgood Marshall PCHS
Tara Flakker, Parents for Better D.C. School Food
Ariel Trahan, Anacostia Watershed Society