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With 19,000 voters expected at school sites, April 21 student holiday approved at ACPS

Published March 30, 2026 at 2:45PM

Voting at Douglas MacArthur School (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The Alexandria City School Board approved April 21 as a student holiday as election officials anticipate high turnout for the special election at school-based polling sites. While students will be off, ACPS staff will have a work day.

Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt presented the School Board with the proposal last Thursday (March 26) after a discussion with Alexandria’s election officials. April 21 is the date of the special elections to decide a statewide mid-decade redistricting amendment for Virginia’s congressional districts and fill former Councilman R. Kirk McPike’s City Council seat following his election to Virginia’s 5th House District.

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Advocates support proposal for new ACPS subcommittee focused on capacity challenges

By James Cullum

Published December 15, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated December 15, 2025 at 7:41PM

Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School at 1501 Cameron Street (via Jefferson-Houston/Facebook)

A proposal to create a new City Council/School Board subcommittee focused on Alexandria City Public Schools’ capacity challenges has won the support of a local advocacy group.

Save Jefferson-Houston (Save JH), which opposes the Alexandria City School Board’s plans to convert two K-8 schools into a middle school and elementary school, has voiced support for the proposal, which was offered by ACSB members Ryan Reyna and Kelly Carmichael Booz during a Capital Improvement Program work session last week.

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Uncontested Alexandria School Board candidates holding meet-and-greet at Potomac Yard Park

By James Cullum

Published July 31, 2024 at 3:45PM

Alexandria School Board Chair Michelle Rief at the George Washington Birthday Parade in Old Town, Feb. 19, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

With nine candidates running for nine spots, there’s no contest in the upcoming Alexandria School Board elections. Still, residents have a chance to meet the incumbents and newcomers in a series of meet-and-greets.

The first of these meet-and-greets with the public will be held by District A candidates on Saturday, Aug. 10 with School Board Chair Michelle Rief, Board Member Tim Beaty and Ryan Reyna.

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Four incumbents out and newcomers running for School Board in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published June 20, 2024 at 10:45AM | Updated June 20, 2024 at 5:57PM

Voting at the Mount Vernon Recreation Center in Del Ray, November 3, 2020 (Staff photo by James Cullum)

There’s 138 days until the Nov. 5 election, and there are just enough candidates running for an uncontested School Board election.

There are two vacancies in this election cycle after School Board Members Abdel Elnoubi and Jacinta Greene won their Democratic nominations for City Council on June 18. Additionally, two Board Members are not running for reelection, former Board Chair Meagan Alderton in District C, and Tammy Ignacio in District B.