The last few years have been rough for Alexandria City Public Schools.
The school system and all involved with it have been impacted by the pandemic, learning loss, leadership changes, a staffing crisis, surging enrollment and more.
All of the above will be under discussion on Monday night (Sept. 23) as Agenda: Alexandria will open its 2024-2025 season of monthly conversations with “How Are the Kids Doing and How Many Are Coming?”
This discussion on the state of the school system will be hosted by former School Board Chair Mark Eaton, and start at 7 p.m. at The Lyceum (201 S. Washington Street).
The panelists are:
- Sophie Huemer, ACPS director of the Office of Capital Programs, Planning and Design Services
- James Libresco, Alexandria City High School senior, editor of Theogony newspaper
- Carmen Sanders, executive director of instructional support for the ACPS Department of Teaching,
Learning, and Leadership - Aaron Thomas, ACPS parent
Agenda: Alexandria is discussing the following:
Is ACPS, with multiple new elementary and secondary school buildings, now overbuilt? Have students
fully recovered from learning loss associated with the pandemic? How is ACPS serving its
exceptionally diverse student population? How will the end of pandemic-related federal funding
affect ACPS? How is ACPS addressing employee retention and development in an era of teacher
shortages and intense talent competition from nearby school systems? What is it like to attend
Alexandria City High School now that its new Minnie Howard Campus is open?
