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Opinion: Superintendent Sherman: School system supported by facts and accomplishments

Opinion: Superintendent Sherman: School system supported by facts and accomplishments

To the editor: As we strive in work and life, we often need reminders of all the good around us. We need reminders of the good, honest, hard work we do and the accomplishments of others [...]

Alexandria City Public Schools boost safeguards against sex offenders

Alexandria City Public Schools boost safeguards against sex offenders

Alexandria City Public Schools beefed up security for students earlier this year, implementing a new electronic system to check visitors against the national sex offender registry and conduct background checks for volunteers. Officials upgraded the district’s [...]

Opinion: Diversity should not be encouraged at all costs

Opinion: Diversity should not be encouraged at all costs

To the editor: The Alexandria City Public School system stands as an embarrassing example of Alexandria’s overall development. We witness the decline of a historical place by declaring Alexandria a “sanctuary city” that will accommodate all, promising [...]

Opinion: Greater oversight by city council could restore public trust in ACPS

Opinion: Greater oversight by city council could restore public trust in ACPS

Public education funding in Alexandria has long been understood as sacrosanct. As a result, when Alexandria City Public Schools has sought funding increases from city council, we’ve acquiesced. While less than 15 percent of Alexandria’s households [...]

Opinion: If you build it, they still won’t come

Opinion: If you build it, they still won’t come

To the editor: As a West Street resident and parent, I am amazed Alexandria’s leaders — on the school board and the city council — are spending nearly $45 million in taxpayer money for a newer [...]

Councilwoman Hughes: Greater oversight by council could restore public trust in ACPS

Councilwoman Hughes: Greater oversight by council could restore public trust in ACPS

Public education funding in Alexandria has long been understood sacrosanct. As a result, when Alexandria City Public Schools has sought funding increases from city council, we’ve acquiesced. While less than 15 percent Alexandria’s households have children [...]

School board backs embattled superintendent

School board backs embattled superintendent

The Alexandria School Board reiterated its support of Superintendent Morton Sherman in a statement released following a closed meeting Thursday night. Sherman has come under increasing fire since an independent audit revealed the extent of financial [...]

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 [...]

T.C. Williams students get a seat alongside decision makers

T.C. Williams students get a seat alongside decision makers

By the time 13,000 students take their seats in city classrooms next fall, two of their number will find themselves sitting on the Alexandria School Board as well. The board approved creating a pair of nonvoting [...]

Classrooms or computers? ACPS fields outcry over adult education changes

Classrooms or computers? ACPS fields outcry over adult education changes

A proposed overhaul of the school district’s high school equivalency and English language learner programs have left students and volunteers uneasy, despite repeated assurances from administration officials. Early rumors of the changes sparked a backlash from [...]