{"id":1992,"date":"2023-05-15T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T17:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2023-05-26T08:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T12:48:25","slug":"kay-wyatt-to-remain-superintendent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/2023\/05\/15\/kay-wyatt-to-remain-superintendent\/","title":{"rendered":"Kay-Wyatt to Remain Superintendent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Previously selected as an interim replacement for Dr. Gregory Hutchings, the district has chosen for Kay-Wyatt to remain as permanent Superintendent.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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James Libresco<\/p>\nEditor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At its May 4 meeting, the Alexandria City Public School Board announced that Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt would remain in place as ACPS Superintendent. Kay-Wyatt has served as Interim Superintendent since September 2022 and was also the ACPS head of Human Resources from 2021 to 2022. She is the first Black woman to assume the permanent superintendent role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is an honor, it is a pleasure, it is an exciting moment, it is long overdue,\u201d Board Chair Megan Alderton said before making the announcement. \u201c[I] have to thank [Kay-Wyatt] for digging in and even stepping up to this job at a time of uncertainty, at a time of difficulty,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would like to thank the school board for accepting me to lead a division of such diversity,\u201d Kay-Wyatt said. \u201cTo be sitting in this role before my colleagues, before students who look like me, it is truly an honor to serve as the first Black superintendent for Alexandria City Public Schools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Various board members expressed their support as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you for giving yourself to our school district,\u201d said member Christopher Harris. \u201cI feel we have a future, a bright future. Thank you for giving your all to the city, and we look forward to working with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have literally shown the definition of persistence and of determination,\u201d added student representative Torenzo Ricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice-Chair Jacinta Greene shared the same sentiment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just want to thank you. Losing a superintendent is hard . . . it’s been a lot,\u201d she said. \u201cThe time you came in was a tumultuous time, we were a new board . . . You helped us come together as a board, [and] you did a fantastic job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kay Wyatt ended this segment of the meeting with hope for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI look forward to continuing the work that’s ahead of us for our students, for our staff, and our greater community. The work we do is hard, but when we come together, anything is possible . . . Thank you all, now it’s time to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image by James Libresco. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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