Tag: about alexandria

By Mark Eaton City elections are inevitable and intermittent. Improving Alexandria’s election process offers none of the satisfactions of infrastructure enhancements such as plaques, ribbon-cutting ceremonies...

To the editor:  Thank you to Mark Eaton for his keen insights on the need for a quality alternative education program in Alexandria’s schools. As...

By Mark Eaton Reader responses are part of the fun of writing this column. Communications from readers can be delightfully diverse. A typical example of...

By Mark Eaton Since the 1960’s, the Alexandria School Board’s relationship to the electorate has been restructured about every 30 years. In July 1964, the General...

By Mark Eaton “About Alexandria” was one year old as of last month. Education experts say there is no improvement without assessment, so it is...

Infrastructure decisions in Alexandria, particularly those related to new development, are topics of continuing and vigorous debate. A former City Councilor defined a test...

By Mark Eaton  The first day of school is a kind of New Year’s Day for families and for Alexandria City Public Schools teachers and...

By Mark Eaton Alexandria’s city government and ACPS are the products of hiring decisions. Voters make hiring decisions in elections and administrators make hiring decisions...

Alexandria’s Department of Transportation and Environmental Services is consistently in the spotlight because part of its mission is to solve the city’s persistent flooding...

Every day when Alexandria City High School students and staff cross the plaza to the main entrance of the King Street campus, they walk...