News and Announcements

The Alexandria City School Board voted to endorse a one high school model for Alexandria on Thursday evening — keeping T.C. Williams High School at the heart of Alexandria’s education system.

The first School Board meeting of the school year was opened in style by the T.C. Williams High School JROTC and introduced the two new School Board representatives and discussed the upcoming High School Project vote.

Did you notice how sparkly our schools looked on the first day of school on Tuesday? ACPS used the first day of school to launch its First Impressions Campaign to ensure that all our schools are welcoming places for all our families — not just in the first week of school, but every day of the school year.

Multiple city-wide organizations involved in supporting children and families have announced they will be partnering in the city’s first unified five-year planning process for Alexandria.

Did you know the School Board has updated the policy around staff health? Learn how this impacts you.

Take the time to familiarize yourself with the way ACPS will communicate information to you during an emergency, and learn how to sign up for division-wide text message alerts.

This new system should make the process of hiring and requesting a substitute teacher easier.

This school year, many of our schools are welcoming new administrators. Some are new to ACPS, while others are new to their school. Be sure to give them all a warm welcome when you see them!

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For the last weekly edition of ACPS Insider until late-August, we’re celebrating the amazing accomplishments of our students and staff throughout the division for awards they’ve won and recognition they’ve received over the past year, along with highlights of good news we’ve shared along the way. Enjoy!

On Thursday night, the School Board held its last school board meeting of the school year. This included a snapshot of the year from the superintendent as well as updates on Talented and Gifted services and the 2025 Strategic Plan.

Today we are kicking off our strategic planning process that will focus on ensuring our students are engaged in the highest quality of education possible. Find out how you can stay connected to the process and make sure your goals for 2025 are incorporated.

This week, the School Board unanimously approved their Final Operating Budget for the next school year. But what does it mean for schools and staff?

On Thursday night, the School Board recognized our young artists, budding student School Board reps and our School Board advisory committee chairs, and heard updates on Facilities and Human Resources and approved the Final Budget for next school year. Get up to date on the details.

June 20, 2019 is the last date for making any changes to your summer payroll.

Join us in wearing orange on Friday, June 7 in a show of support of anti-violence efforts.

As of June 1, staff, students and visitors are no longer able to park in the Metro Church parking lot near the Central Office building. Instead, all Central Office parking is in the garage underneath the building. Check out the details.

Julius Campbell, a key member of the 1971 Virginia High School League State Championship team whose win and collaboration inspired Disney to immortalize Alexandria’s story of desegregation, has been nominated as one of ten star athletes, coaches and a team for the next ACPS Athletic Hall of Fame.

Twelve elementary schools have participated in a challenge to help promote the educational benefits of a physically active lifestyle. Read about the impact it had.

Iconic Remember the Titans Coach Bill Yoast, who helped transform race relations in Alexandria in the 1970s, has died.

Superintendent Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. has appointed Dominic B. Turner as Chief Financial Officer for Alexandria City Public Schools.

Thursday night’s School Board meeting was full of recognitions – particularly for our athletes who have gone on to represent our school division so well. We are proud of who you are and what you stand for!

On May 23, the ACPS updated the School Board on The High School Project and detailed work that will run through the summer months.

The partnership between ACPS and The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences has been recognized by the Virginia Department of Education as an example of exemplary business partnerships in education.

This week marks 65 years since the 1954 Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, when the justices ruled racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Six decades later, we ask students how we are doing.

Standards of Learning (SOL) testing begins this week! Please be aware that this year, the testing window overlaps with Ramadan, the Muslim holy month marked by daily fasting. Testing begins May 14 and will run through June 7. Ramadan began on May 5 and runs through June 4.

Superintendent Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. has appointed Dr. Stephen M. Wilkins as Chief Human Resources Officer.

Thursday night’s School Board meeting was full of recognitions. There was also an important update on the plan to transition schools to outsourced operational services.

In April, the Virginia Department of Education issued information around changes in the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessment program. Learn more about these changes.

Phase two of the High School Project is gearing up as the school year winds down. Two teams will work in tandem: one designing the educational programming for the future high school and the other focused on capacity, building needs and site analysis.