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Alexandria City Public Schools wants to revamp its website

By James Cullum
The Alexandria City Public Schools website (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria City Public Schools wants to fully revamp its website over the course of the next several months.

The School Board will get a primer on a “comprehensive review and refresh” of the website at their meeting this Thursday night.

“This process is designed to enhance the user experience, ensure accessibility and update content for accuracy across the school division’s website,” staff wrote in a presentation to the Board.

Updates will include:

  • Content optimization
  • Improved design elements
  • Enhanced navigation
  • Updated content
  • Creation of a best practices document to guide staff in maintaining consistent and clear web content

The project will be divided into five phases from this month until February 2025 with the goals of an “enhanced user experience” with differentiated school websites, multimedia storytelling capabilities and a strengthened school division brand.

The website revamp does not include plans to change the ACPS logo, which the school system has struggled with for years.

A timeline for the revamp of the ACPS website (via ACPS)

About the Author

  • Reporter James Cullum has spent nearly 20 years covering Northern Virginia. He began working with ALXnow in 2020, and has covered every story under the sun for the publication, from investigative stories to features and photo galleries. His work includes coverage of national and international situations, as well as from the White House, Capitol, Pentagon, Supreme Court and State Department. He's covered protests and riots throughout the U.S. (including the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol), in addition to earthquake-ridden Haiti, Western Sahara in North Africa and war-torn South Sudan. He has photographed presidents and other world leaders, celebrities and famous musicians, and excels under pressure.