It’s been a busy week in Alexandria.
Alexandria City Public Schools is facing a staffing crisis, with the school division struggling to fill basic instructional positions. The city is working on a solution that could help streamline the onboarding process.
Meanwhile, Alexandria’s Mayor lamented the waste of $1.8 million in Taylor and Strawberry Run projects.
“That’s $1.8 million that we spent on these two projects and we essentially have nothing for that,” Wilson said at a City Council meeting. “We had a lot of planning, a lot of meetings, a lot of discussion with the community, and that’s great, but we don’t have a lot else.”
Similarly, city staff are trying to make the best of a bad situation with Eisenhower Avenue and Mill Road, where the city recently completed a project that’s at least a decade out of touch with current city transportation planning — but was too expensive to cancel.
The most-read stories this week were:
- Parents decry ‘staffing crisis’ in Alexandria City Public Schools (8451 views)
- Alexandria looking for state help to fix its dangerous T-intersections (6672 views)
- BREAKING: Foot pursuit ends with arrest in Del Ray apartment building (5605 views)
- Marijuana is now a banned substance in Alexandria City Public Schools (5256 views)
- Port City brings back ale celebrating Alexandria’s most iconic mystery (4740 views)
- City staff reflect on one of Alexandria’s most bizarre and troubled transportation projects (3869 views)
- Tour d’Alexandria bike ride rolling into town later this month (3697 views)
- Del Ray hardware store owner wants to sell by the end of the year (3004 views)
- Notes: Schools and business owners say unrest at Bradlee Shopping Center has settled in recent months (2983 views)
- Convicted felon arrested in Del Ray for alleged weapon, drug possession and wearing a mask (2913 views)
On the ALXnow podcast this week, Jo DeVoe, James Cullum and Vernon Miles discussed some of the stories above. Subscribe on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or iHeart.