4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (780+ words) The former superintendent is listed as a senior adviser at the Virginia Department of Education and a superintendent-in-residence at a national education firm. Neither organization has announced the appointments. ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Melanie Kay-Wyatt, who led Alexandria City Public Schools until…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (970+ words) Six months after council voted to appropriate ACPS money by classification, the plan comes with an earlier budget calendar, a new role in council's add-delete process, and a $500,000 ceiling on moving money between categories ALEXANDRIA, Va. — City staff showed City…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (534+ words) Reid worked as a reading specialist for ACPS from 1971 until she retired in 2001, teaching and holding leadership positions at several schools across the division. ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Alexandria City Public Schools dedicated the media center at Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School as…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (776+ words) The fullest account yet of what went wrong at the start of the school year comes from three board members, a week after Chirilagua parents told the board their children had lost bus service ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An error in the…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (502+ words) The honor for a reading specialist who spent 30 years with the division was one of three the superintendent recommended against last year before the School Board approved all four ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Alexandria City Public Schools will dedicate the media center…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (668+ words) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Systems Planning & Analysis has opened a classified analytics lab at its Alexandria headquarters, part of the expansion the defense contractor announced last September. The Advanced Analytics Lab occupies 14,400 square feet at 2001 N. Beauregard St. and opened in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (591+ words) Chair Christopher Harris says the search drew a national pool and confirms Acting Superintendent Grace Taylor did not apply. Candidates will not be named publicly. ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Alexandria City School Board will interview candidates for superintendent over the next…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1391+ words) The division plans to pay about $2.5 million to all full-time employees, drawing on two state allocations and $900,000 in vacancy savings, CFO Dominic Turner said. City Council must still appropriate the money. Updated Aug. 28 at 4 p.m. with a response from ACPS Chief…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (596+ words) Donley served as Alexandria's mayor from 1996 to 2003, leading the city through the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath, and later served as athletic director at what was then T.C. Williams High School from 2005 to 2008. ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Alexandria City High School will officially…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (993+ words) Staggered elections stay on the table for September, along with board size. ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A joint city-schools committee signaled support Tuesday for four-year terms for the Alexandria City School Board and agreed to keep staggered elections on the table for…...