Alexandria City Public Schools

Rule Changes

Projects a roughly $17 million FY 2028 operating gap and has proposed a $370.6 million ten-year capital plan

Alexandria City Public Schools projects a roughly $17 million shortfall in its fiscal 2028 operating budget, the first written under the city's new nine-category funding system. Mid-year transfers below $500,000 would go to the city manager and larger ones to the City Council under the plan staff presented in September.

Updated 6 hours ago

Built World

Staff promised corrected cost figures, per-school numbers and a status-quo comparison by Nov. 12, 2026.

Alexandria's middle schools are projected to reach about 118% of capacity by fiscal year 2030. Enrollment could then fall below 100% after fiscal year 2032, even with the Jefferson-Houston conversion adding seats.

Updated 3 days ago

Rule Changes

Division whose advisory committee bylaws are being updated

The Alexandria City School Board took up revised bylaws for its gifted-education advisory committee on Oct. 22. The changes, recommended by the board's Operational Excellence Committee, update how the Advanced Academic Services Advisory Committee (AASAC) is governed and who sits on it. No published record yet shows whether the board voted to approve them.

Updated Oct 29

Rule Changes

Proposed the calendar revision

Alexandria's School Board moved the district-wide professional learning day off Election Day at its Oct. 8 meeting. The day is now Nov. 2, a teacher workday, so schools stay free for voting on Nov. 3.

Updated Oct 29

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: Implementing first-year redistricting under acting leadership

Alexandria's schools opened the 2026-27 year under three changes at once: redrawn attendance boundaries, new walk zones that ended bus service for some students, and an acting superintendent new to the top role. At its Sept. 10 meeting, the school board heard Acting Superintendent Grace Taylor report enrollment of 15,351 students, down nearly 600 from a year earlier, along with gains in state test scores and 99% staffing of licensed positions.

Updated Sep 13

Money Moves

As of August 2026: Recipient of community donations; staff recommended board acceptance

Alexandria public schools staff asked the School Board on Aug. 27 to accept three community gifts: 1,000 backpacks with supplies and $20,000 to erase student meal debt. The gifts, worth $35,000 total, come through Policy KH, the district's formal rules for private donations.

Updated Aug 31