Tag: Peter Balas
City council approves lights, upgrades for T.C. Williams’ Parker-Gray Stadium
City council voted to approve the addition of lights at T.C. Williams' Parker-Gray Stadium, as well as upgrades to the stadium itself and a...
Gov. Ralph Northam visits T.C. to officially open health science academy
Gov. Ralph Northam visited T.C. Williams High School on Oct. 5 to cut the ribbon and officiate the opening of the school’s new Governor’s...
AP test participation, scores increase at T.C. Williams in 2018
Advanced Placement test scores and test participation rose at T.C. Williams High School between the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years, according to results released...
New ACPS superintendent plans to spearhead school capacity issues
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Gregory C. Hutchings Jr., Ed.D., Alexandria City Public Schools’ fourth superintendent in five years, said he’s here to stay.
The Alexandria...
Lois Berlin reflects on year as superintendent
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Dr. Lois Berlin didn’t let an interim title and one-year tenure get in the way of moving Alexandria City Public...
Our View: By the numbers, ACPS performance declines
Numbers can be twisted to say what we want them to say. What we think about a topic is largely a product of how...
ACPS test score decline part of two-year trend
By Alexa Epitropoulos and Denise Dunbar
Alexandria City Public Schools saw slight declines in the pass rates of all five general subject categories of its...
Our View: Berlin is an unusually qualified interim
When someone or something is labeled interim, it heralds a temporary situation: an intervening time period. In music, the interim element is a bridge, connecting...
Peter Balas set to take the reins at T.C. Williams High...
By James Cullum
It was bittersweet when principal Peter Balas announced that he was leaving the Mount Vernon Community School at the end of the...
