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02.19.26 Strategy and Accountability Committee Update

02.19.26 Governance Committee Report

2026 Washington Day Birthday Parade

It is budget talk time for the Alexandria City Public School’s (ACPS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Combined Funds (CF) Budget. Join the Alexandria Parent Teacher Association Council (PTAC) and school division for the PTAC Budget Forum. Date: Mon., Feb. 9, 2026

School Board Spotlight: The Scholarship Fund of Alexandria

Operational Excellence Committee Report – January 22, 2026

Meeting with Delegate and Leader Charniele Herring On Friday January, 23rd 2026, School Board Chair Michelle Rief, Board Members Abdulahi Abdalla and Alexander Crider Scioscia and Student Representative Darwin Salazar joined ACPS parents and students attending Virginia PTA Capitol Day. We visited the State Capitol in Richmond and met with legislators to advocate for increased funding for our schools, including: Changing Virginia’s K-12 funding formula from a staffing-based mo

We are excited to announce that the winner of the inaugural season of the City Council/School Board Fantasy Football League was Board Chair Michelle Rief! Congratulations to all the participants and looking forward to next year. Chair Rief being awarded the trophy and ring by Board Member Abdulahi Abdalla

01.09.25 Student Town Hall at ACHS

Virginia’s school funding formula plays a major role in class sizes, staffing, and student supports in Alexandria City Public Schools. This explainer breaks down how the Standards of Quality (SOQ) and Local Composite Index work, what the state’s own research found, and why Alexandria funds a significantly larger share of its schools than most Virginia localities.

The Alexandria City Public Schools School Board launches a new website designed to make Board work, decisions, and priorities more transparent, accessible, and easier for the community to follow.

How does ACPS plan for school buildings when money is tight? This explainer outlines the FY27 budget context, the adopted Capital Improvement Program, and the key decisions and tradeoffs shaping long-term facilities, middle school capacity, and student support.

2025-2026 Student Representative Salma Naqshbandi's first report to the Board

2025-2026 Student Representative Madesen Lynch's first report to the Board

2025-2026 Student Representative Darwin Salazar's first report to the Board

On December 11, 2025 , School Board Members Kelly Carmichael Booz and Ryan Reyna joined Vice Mayor Sarah Bagley and Councilmember Abdel-Rahman Elnoubi in submitting the letter below to the City Council–School Board Subcommittee. The letter proposes a pilot model for joint City Council–School Board subcommittees, or project groups, and outlines the rationale, structure, and potential focus areas for this approach. December 11, 2025 Mayor Gaskins, Councilmember Chapman, Chair R

At our first meeting of the school year, the School Board began the FY27 budget conversation. Projections show ACPS will need at least $19.3 million in additional revenue to sustain current services, covering staff pay, healthcare costs, and inflation. Through “Funding Our Future” community sessions, we are breaking down what drives these costs, why it matters, and how families can engage in the process.

Dear Alexandria City Public Schools Employees and Families, Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) has made the decision to ask the court to join the appeals recently filed by Arlington Public Schools and Fairfax County Public Schools in the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the repeated threats of the United States Department of Education to deprive ACPS students of federal funds. Staff within the U.S. Department of Education have claimed that ACPS’ Nondiscrimina

On September 11, the School Board held a work session to review the City Manager’s proposal to shift some high school transportation from yellow buses to DASH. ACPS staff presented a fiscal impact analysis, and Board members discussed the potential benefits, risks, and unanswered questions. At the heart of the conversation is whether DASH should remain a voluntary option or become a requirement, and what that would mean for students, families, and staff.

Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) understands that members of the community are concerned regarding ACPS’s stance with respect to the recent Letter of Findings and proposed Voluntary Resolution Agreement (VRA) recently issued by the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Accordingly, we want to make the community aware that ACPS has today informed OCR that it disagrees with the legal analysis in the Letter of Findings, and cannot agree to the