Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
🌧️ Today’s weather: Rain is expected before 10am, followed by cloudy skies that will gradually clear up, resulting in mostly sunny weather and a high of around 52°F. South winds at 5-13 mph will shift to the northwest in the afternoon, with gusts reaching 23 mph. There’s a 60% chance of precipitation, with minimal amounts likely. Thursday night will be mostly clear, with a low of about 26°F, northwest wind at 10-14 mph, and gusts up to 23 mph.
🚨 You need to know
The Alexandria Times reported that Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt may have been a driving force to eliminate the K-8 model in a vote last year.
The Times interviewed former School Board members Jacinta Greene and Abdel Elnoubi, both now members of the City Council, who said that Kay-Wyatt pushed for the decision to be made before a new School Board could be sworn in.
In earlier public outreach about what to do about Jefferson-Houston and Patrick Henry, both PreK-8 and K-8 schools, there was no indication ACPS was approaching a final decision and surveys about the change showed eliminating the K-8 model was unpopular among the school communities. The vote in December to turn Patrick Henry into an elementary school and Jefferson-Houston into a middle school shocked the community and provoked criticism from Alexandria’s Planning Commission.
A legal complaint was filed against the School Board after the vote by a parent and the Alexandria Times said ACPS did not respond to Greene and Elnoubi’s comments pending legal action.
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