Tag: diversity

Your Views: Diversity needed on School Board

To the editor: I am writing in response to the letter in the Oct. 7 Alexandria Times, “Don’t ignore the School Board election.” The...

Your Views: Environmental movement needs diversity

To the editor: After reading Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s, “I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet,” I thought more about...

Your Views: Time to unify, not divide

To the editor: I commend Mayor Justin Wilson for seeking to bring some measure of comfort to those in our community rightfully distressed by the...

Filling in the Blanks with Dr. Gregory Hutchings, Ed.D.: The exciting...

These are exciting times for Alexandria City Public Schools. In the past two weeks, we announced that all schools within ACPS are fully accredited...

Filling in the Blanks with Dr. Gregory Hutchings: Fresh starts require...

The new year is always a time of fresh starts and resolutions. But it is impossible to have those fresh starts and new beginnings...

Chief Fed economist, longtime Alexandria resident David Wilcox to retire

By Duncan Agnew | [email protected] When David Wilcox took his seat in an intermediate economics class as a sophomore at Williams College, he never thought...

Filling in the Blanks with Dr. Gregory Hutchings, Ed.D.

By Dr. Gregory Hutchings Sixty days can either seem like a long time or like no time at all. In some ways, my first sixty...

Letter to the Editor: Musing on the election results

To the editor: With great interest, I read the Alexandria Times June 14 editorial, “June Madness,” and I have a few comments: I don’t think it’s fair...

Our View: June madness

We suspect few Alexandrians expected this particular collection of seven candidates to emerge victorious from the Democratic primary held Tuesday. The results, in total,...

Your Views: When we all do well, Alexandria does well

To the editor: During election season, a lot of pitches and promises are made. But there’s often three big issues that linger behind the scene:...