Subscribe to our RssFollow us on Twitter!Follow us on Facebook!

Archive for ' Education'

School board candidate Graf emphasizes communication

School board candidate Graf emphasizes communication

Tweaks to Mount Vernon Community School’s popular intersession program propelled Del Ray resident Karen Graf to run for the Alexandria School Board. Change is good, the mother of three said, but the time eventually comes when [...]

Yianilos declares school board candidacy

Yianilos declares school board candidacy

Beverly Hills resident Chris Yianilos will toss his hat into the ring for one of three District B seats in the upcoming Alexandria School Board elections, the father of two said Monday. Yianilos, who has called [...]

Alexandria’s after-school programs evade teens, study finds

Alexandria’s after-school programs evade teens, study finds

Alexandria has enjoyed recognition as one of the 100 best communities for young people year after year, but a new survey of east side resources and programs for teenagers found many don’t take advantage of what’s [...]

Free SAT courses could narrow gap between whites, minorities

Free SAT courses could narrow gap between whites, minorities

T.C. Williams administrators are rolling out a free pilot SAT and ACT prep program this spring in the hopes of easing the oft-daunting process of getting into college. Available for the high school’s junior class, the [...]

Man with telephoto lens near school prompts police response

Man with telephoto lens near school prompts police response

Alexandria police are reminding residents to immediately report any suspicious activity near a school after learning of a man possibly taking photos near Mount Vernon Community School a week ago. The man is described only as [...]

Underperforming Alexandria students will be sent to Landmark Mall to learn

Underperforming Alexandria students will be sent to Landmark Mall to learn

Shopping and academia don’t usually mesh, but officials hope underperforming public school students will benefit from underutilized space at Landmark Mall. On Saturday the city council voted 6-1 to create a T.C. Williams High School satellite [...]

Dysfunction prompts crisis, call for resignation of Alexandria school chief

Dysfunction prompts crisis, call for resignation of Alexandria school chief

Vice Mayor Kerry Donley called for Superintendent Morton Sherman’s resignation after an independent audit blamed a “dysfunctional environment” for school employees’ disregard of district financial policies. Donley roundly condemned Alexandria City Public Schools’ upper management during [...]

Scholarship Fund of Alexandria gets boost from hometown Titan

Scholarship Fund of Alexandria gets boost from hometown Titan

Alexandria native and T.C. Williams graduate Mark Anderson pledged $25,000 toward the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria, officials announced Monday. Anderson’s national project management firm, MGAC, is the fund’s newest corporate partner. He presented an oversized check [...]

Independent audit exposes extensive fiscal mismanagement by school employees

Independent audit exposes extensive fiscal mismanagement by school employees

An independent audit revealed the Alexandria City Public Schools employees behind mismanagement of capital improvement plan funds took advantage of a “dysfunctional environment” to intentionally flout district policies. Among their findings, auditors discovered employees awarded contracts [...]

MacArthur Elementary raises big bucks with mere pennies

MacArthur Elementary raises big bucks with mere pennies

Douglas MacArthur Elementary School students and staff raided their piggy banks to come up with 420,000 one-cent pieces for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s annual Pennies for Patients national fundraiser. For the mathematically challenged, that translates [...]