Superintendent Alvin L. Crawley has appointed Peter Balas as the new Principal of T.C. Williams High School, citing proven strong leadership skills and academic experience as the reason for the choice. Balas has spent the last 15 years of his career with ACPS, including five years as an administrator at T.C. Williams.
ACPS inducted five outstanding athletes into the Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night, including a star player in the 1971 State Championship football team memorialized in Remember the Titans and a student from the all-black Parker-Gray High School who went on to coach football in the Olympics.
ACPS met, improved upon or remained consistent across 93 percent of all key performance indicators in the first year of reporting of the ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan and its six goal areas.
The Alexandria City School Board has voted to appoint Ramee Gentry to the position of Chair of the Board and Cindy Anderson to Vice Chair of the Board for the next year.
The Alexandria City School Board voted to add $46 million to the Capital Improvement Program Budget for FY 2018-27 to fund the purchase and retrofit of office space to be used as temporary swing space accommodating staff and students during the modernization program of other school buildings.
This week, the Superintendent announced a Capital Improvement Program for the next ten years that includes a new elementary school, new middle school and new high school building.
Dr. Seazante Williams Oliver has been appointed as the Interim Principal of Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology effective immediately.
T.C. Williams High School saw an increase across the board in on-time graduation rates for subgroups in data released by the State on Wednesday. The results provide additional evidence that Alexandria City Public Schools is closing the achievement gap.
ACPS has seen significant progress in closing the achievement gap among all groups of students in Standards of Learning tests, while maintaining the huge gains made divisionwide last year. Read the results and spot our ‘Closing the Gap’ sign around the City.
T.C. Williams High School celebrated the graduation of 667 students on Saturday at a ceremony where the commencement address was given by U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr.
The Alexandria City School Board approved the FY 2017 Final Combined Funds Budget for Alexandria City Public Schools on Thursday night. Thank you to the community who came out and supported us during the process.
The Alexandria City School Board voted to move ahead with option A-1 for the design of the new school and recreation center at Patrick Henry at the School Board meeting on Thursday evening.
Alexandria City Public Schools has received an overwhelmingly positive endorsement by its teachers and principals in a survey of educators and principals conducted every two years. Read a detailed presentation of the overall results.
Superintendent Alvin L. Crawley has announced the appointment of Helen Lloyd as Director of Communications for Alexandria City Public Schools.
Brandon Davis, Principal of Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology, was named Virginia’s 2016 Distinguished Principal of the Year in a surprise ceremony staged by his staff and students on Wednesday. Watch a video of the surprise event.