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president of the Lois & Richard Eng- land Family Foundation and former chairman of the defunct Hechinger Co. He contributed $1 million for the new building, helped raise $5 million more and negotiated with the city and school system to build the school. Tukeva sold him on her goals, he
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said. “But she’s not been a headline seeker. Her interest is in doing what’s best for the child.” Still, the project initially generated
criticism among some Latinos because it destroyed a soccer field that had been a popular gathering spot for neighbor- hood youths — a public space that has not been replaced. “There was a lot of disappoint-
ment,” says Olivia Cadaval, curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. A new field, sitting behind a wrought- iron fence, is confined largely to the school’s championship soccer team. Tukeva “has an enclave there and de- cides who comes in and who doesn’t,” Cadaval said. These days, Tukeva spends much of
her time at the middle school, which has a long history of dysfunction and underachievement. Shortly after mov- ing onto the new campus, the middle school students damaged the property, kicking in lockers, scrawling graffiti on computer terminals and destroying bathroom sinks. Tukeva made dramatic changes
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right away, splitting boys and girls into separate classes and introducing the school system’s Capital Gains program, which pays students for good grades and behavior. Already, Tukeva said, she has noticed a significant drop in the number of students referred to the of- fice for discipline problems. Now, every day at lunchtime, she assigns herself to cafeteria duty to get to know her middle school students. She also is working with her admin-
istrators to develop a middle school version of the high school portfolio. “This will give them a sense they are making a big transition to ninth grade,” Tukeva said. “And they will see what will be expected of them.”
V. Dion Haynes, a Washington Post economics writer, covered the D.C. public schools from 2005 to 2008. He can be reached at haynesd@washpost. com.
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