Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) is a
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which is funded by the government of
Alexandria
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,
Virginia
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, United States.
Administration
Superintendent
The superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools is Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. Before being appointed in 2018, he was the superintendent of
Shaker Heights City School District
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. Hutchings was also the Alexandria City Public Schools Director of PreK-12 programs, a principal in
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
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, an assistant principal in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and
Chesterfield County Public Schools
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, and a teacher in
Prince William County Public Schools
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.
School Board
There are nine members of the Alexandria City Public School Board. All members of the board are elected by district, and the chair is appointed by the board. There are also two student representatives.
Members
''District A''
* Jacinta Greene
* Michelle Rief
* Christopher A. Suarez
''District B''
* Cindy M. Anderson
* Margaret Lorber
* Veronica R. Nolan, Vice Chair
''District C''
* Meagan L. Alderton, Chair
* Ramee Gentry
* Heather Thornton
''Student Representatives''
* Lorraine Jackson
* Ashley Sanchez-Viafara
History
The first school offering public education in Alexandria was founded in 1785, the Washington Free School, partly funded by George Washington.
Although the desegregation process began in 1959 when nine black school children entered all-white Theodore Ficklin Elementary School after an NAACP lawsuit, it was not until 1974 that Superintendent John Albohm announced "This year, we have finally reorganized our elementary schools and, in a broad sense, have completed the desegregation of our school system kindergarten through grade 12".
In November 2020, the school board unanimously voted to rename T. C. Williams High School and Matthew Maury Elementary School, with name selection coming before the 2021–22 school year.
This follows years of community efforts to rename T. C. Williams because its namesake, a former superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools, was a supporter of racial segregation in schools.
In March 2021, the superintendent put forward two final names after community input: "Alexandria High School" and "Naomi Brooks Elementary School", after a former teacher who died in 2020. The school board voted in April 2021 to change the school's names to
Alexandria City High School
Alexandria City High School (formerly named T. C. Williams High School) is a public high school in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, United States, just outside of Washington, D.C. The school has an enrollment of over 4,100 students. The high sc ...
and Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School.
Schools
The Alexandria City Public Schools consists of the following schools.
Elementary schools
John Adams Elementary School(Grades PreK–5)
Charles Barrett Elementary School(Grades PreK–5), named for
Charles D. Barrett
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, a Marine officer killed in World War II who had lived in Alexandria
named after civil rights icon
Ferdinand T. Day, who was the first African American elected chair of a public school board
Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology(Grades PreK–5), named for local former teacher Cora Webster Kelly
(Grades PreK–5)
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School
named for Alexandria native and notable civil rights lawyer Samuel W. Tucker
K–8 schools
Patrick Henry PreK-8 School
(Grades PreK–8)
Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School
(Grades PreK–8)
Middle schools
* George Washington Middle School
*Francis C. Hammond Middle School
Francis C. Hammond Middle School in Alexandria, Virginia, is located at 4646 Seminary Road in the west end of the city. Opened as a four-year high school in 1956, it was named after Alexandria native Francis Hammond (1931–1953), a U.S. Navy h ...
, named for Francis C. Hammond, a native Alexandria who was killed in action during the Korean War
, date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
and received the Medal of Honor
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High schools
* Alexandria City High School
Alexandria City High School (formerly named T. C. Williams High School) is a public high school in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, United States, just outside of Washington, D.C. The school has an enrollment of over 4,100 students. The high sc ...
(Grades 10–12)
* Alexandria City High School Minnie Howard Campus (Grade 9)
See also
* List of school divisions in Virginia
This is a complete list of school divisions in the U.S. state of Virginia, organized by the regions into which the Virginia Department of Education groups them.
About school divisions
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References
External links
*
ACPS Express
Education in Alexandria, Virginia
Northern Virginia
School divisions in Virginia
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