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About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: Staggering forward
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...
About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: Using a sledgehammer to swat a...
By Mark Eaton
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) was exasperated when, on Feb. 2, a Virginia Senate committee blocked House Bill 2426, which would...
About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: 2022’s Hits and Misses
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...
About Alexandria: The development test
Infrastructure decisions in Alexandria, particularly those related to new development, are topics of continuing and vigorous debate. A former City Councilor defined a test...
About Alexandria: Communicating about schools
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...
About Alexandria: Public sector hiring myths
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...
About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: The mystery of Chinquapin Pool
Alexandria’s urban legends are fascinating. They include the various answers to this question: How, in 1985, was the Chinquapin Recreation Center opened next to...
About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: Stormwater utility fee credit suggestions
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...
Your Views: Times columnists need viewpoint diversity
To the editor:
I ask that you seek a greater diversity of views among those you feature in the yellow-background columns on the weekly opinion...
About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: Alexandria’s listening deficit
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) thinks parents need another way to share their views about the public schools. Accordingly, he established an email address, [email protected],...
