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About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: ISO better school reporting

By Mark Eaton Alexandria City Public Schools recorded a 55% pass rate in math and 61% in reading on Virginia’s standardized tests, known as the...

2024 Candidate Profiles: District A candidates vie for School Board

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] The Times is presenting candidate profiles for all three School Board districts, starting this week. This week, we’re profiling the...

District A Profile: Michelle Rief runs for third School Board term

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] Current School Board Chair Michelle Rief, Ph.D., is ready to tackle a third term on the Alexandria Board and focus...

District A Profile: Ryan Reyna runs for School Board

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] Ryan Reyna, a new candidate for the Alexandria School Board, is ready to bring his education knowledge to the Board,...

District A Profile: Tim Beaty runs for full School Board term

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] Current School Board member Tim Beaty is looking to serve a full term on Alexandria’s Board and focus on redistricting,...

BREAKING, UPDATED – ACHS main and Minnie Howard campuses return to...

By Denise Dunbar UPDATE: The Alexandria Police Department and Alexandria City Public Schools administration have conducted an initial assessment of a threat received at the high...

Filling in the Blanks with Melanie Kay-Wyatt: Attendance matters

By Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Ed.D The first step toward achieving success in school is being in class every day and on time. Alexandria City Public Schools...

About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: ACHS academies, old and new again

By Mark Eaton Organizing Alexandria City High School students into academies for academic and social objectives resembles the coming of the cicadas: the process can...

Another student walks out of Francis Hammond Middle

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] On Aug. 29, according to police scanner traffic and an anonymous tip to the Times, a seventh grade student walked...

Autistic sixth grader wanders from school, found at busy intersection

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] A sixth grade nonverbal and autistic student at Francis C. Hammond Middle School, who will be referred to as “Hussein”...