Tag: school safety

Your View: School Board: Fund our dream school

To the editor: The school we dream of is full of counselors and teachers who all know our names and treat us with respect. Our...

Young girl shot, ‘secure status’ implemented

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] According to an Alexandria Police Department release, on Tuesday at approximately 1:30pm there was a reported shooting near the 1300 block of...

Our View: Let’s talk

There has seldom been a greater disconnect between two items in a single issue of the Alexandria Times than between this week’s page 1...

Student to dispatch: ‘There’s a big-ass fight here’

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] A fight at the Minnie Howard campus of Alexandria City High School on Monday resulted in three students being arrested...

ACPS discusses school safety in public forum

Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools officials and district parents discussed school safety last week during a public forum at George Washington Middle...

Your Views: Seminary Valley: safe ways to school

To the editor: Currently, there is an active campaign against a much needed sidewalk on Polk Avenue. While this sidewalk may eliminate a handful of...

City Council holds legislative meeting

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] City Council held a legislative meeting on Tuesday evening to present a number of awards and proclamations, discuss the concept of...

Kay-Wyatt settles into new role

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Melanie Kay-Wyatt began her new position as interim superintendent at Alexandria City Public Schools one month ago, a role she’s...

Agenda Alexandria hosts safety panel

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] To ring in its 2022-2023 season, Agenda Alexandria hosted a program on Monday night at the George Washington Masonic National...

School Board approves 2022-2023 areas of focus

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] One month into the 2022- 23 school year, the Alexandria School Board approved its areas of focus for the current year...