Ward 7:
Kenilworth Parkside and Kenilworth Elementary School
Neighborhoods included in this ward for participation
in the SPARK initiative are Eastland Gardens, Kenilworth,
Deanwood, Burrville, Grant Park, Lincoln Heights,
Fairmont Heights, Mayfair, Hillbrook and Mahaning
Heights. According to year 2000 indicators of child
well-being 35% to 43% of the child population in these
neighborhoods lived in poverty (DC Agenda).
Kenilworth-Parkside
Recreation Center includes a day care center operated
under the auspices of the District of Columbia Parks
and Recreation. Kenilworth-Parkside provides full-day
child care. Children served range in age from 2 through
5 years old and remain in the program until they start
Kindergarten. Other services offered beyond the childcare
and preschool program include health screening and
referrals, lunch and snack food service, and parent
education programs. One hundred percent (100%) of
children and families served African American. Approximately
80% live in Ward 7 and the remaining are children
of parents who commute to work in the area. The majority
of the children who attend Kenilworth-Parkside feed
into Kenilworth Elementary School.
Kenilworth Elementary School will
serve as the first partner elementary feeder school
for the SPARK initiative in this ward. One hundred
percent (100%) of the children attending Kenilworth
are African American with 90% of these children eligible
for free or reduced lunch. (DCPS)
