Tag: school board

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] A preliminary plan to use the old Patrick Henry School building as a swing space while Douglas MacArthur Elementary School...

Sometimes the obvious right choice for the community really stinks for a small subsection of residents. That’s our take on the Alexandria school board’s decision...

By Jim McElhatton Sixty years ago next week, the namesake of Alexandria’s only public high school – former superintendent Thomas Chambliss “T.C.” Williams – appeared...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] After deliberating for almost two hours, school board members voted unanimously for an amended high school plan that would address...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Alexandria school board voted unanimously – although not without deliberation – in favor of an amended high school capacity...

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] A new mayor and city council were not the only officials sworn in during the past week: Alexandria also has...

The new calendar year often seems a bit superfluous, coming right in the middle of the existing school and fiscal years. A third grader...

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Alexandria's T.C. Williams High School has a serious overcrowding problem. On that one point, there is total agreement between Alexandria City...

Two important decisions with significant long-term implications for Alexandria are being rammed through the city approval process with minimal public input and arbitrary timelines. The...

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Superintendent Dr. Gregory Hutchings, Ed.D., spearheaded the Alexandria City Public Schools’ presentation of “The High School Project: Inspiring a Future...