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John Burroughs Elementary is a public, Title 1 elementary school in northeast Washington, DC. Our school serves 275 students from Pre-K 3 through 5th grade. Our school
demographics include 44% at-risk, 1% in foster care, 6% English learners, 8% homeless, and 19% with disabilities. The PTO is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit; our EIN is #47-3218619.
The mission of John Burroughs Elementary Parent Teacher Organization is
a. To bring together the home and the school so that parents and teachers, school administrators and the community may cooperate mutually in the education and enrichment of our children.
b. To develop closer connections between school and home by engaging parent involvement.
c. To encourage communication between parents, teachers and school administration.
d. To provide those resources to the school that are not provided or not provided sufficiently for in the school budget and are deemed necessary or desirable by the staff for the support and education of the children at John Burroughs Elementary.
e. To promote the school motto, “It's always a wonderful day for teaching and learning at John Burroughs.”
