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Filling in the Blanks with Ramee Gentry: School board reviews resolution...

Following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Alexandria City School Board reviewed language around a resolution against gun violence at its meeting on...

Filling in the Blanks: City and schools collaboration is key

From time to time, a member of the community will ask me a question about something happening at or near one of our schools. Depending...

School board and city council discuss CIP

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Members of Alexandria’s school board met with their city council counterparts on Monday evening to explain their 10-year Capital Improvement...

Filling in the Blanks with Ramee Gentry: ACPS welcomes new opportunities...

First, I would like to wish all of our ACPS families and community a happy New Year. Alexandria City Public Schools begins the New Year...

ACPS names new superintendent

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] The Alexandria School Board has selected Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings Jr., a T.C. Williams alumnus, as the district’s new superintendent,...

Filling in the Blanks with Ramee Gentry: Being fully prepared is...

It is a tragic reality of our times that there is a chance any one of us could encounter a dangerous situation any place...

Filling in the Blanks: SOLs are just one way of measuring...

The beginning of a school year always coincides with receiving the results of testing conducted in the previous school year. Tests such as the...

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...

Interim ACPS superintendent aims to bridge the gap

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]  When Lois Berlin arrives in a new school district, she has two questions in mind: First, what is going well?...