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City Confronts Tension Between Historic Preservation And Flood Mitigation

May 13, 2022

New walkways, grassy pavilions, and restaurants in recent years have led to a tourist revival along Alexandria’s Potomac waterfront. But city officials and business leaders know this new energy is threatened by an old problem: chronic flooding that regularly puts big sections of Old Town deep underwater. Although Potomac flooding has been a fact of life in Old Town since pre-colonial days, a combination of climate change and regional development has made the problem more frequent and severe.

Hutchings Discusses Equity And Higher Education at “State Of The Schools”

March 8, 2022

The Alexandria schools are taking further steps to address ongoing equity issues, especially racial equity issues, said Superintendent Dr. Gregory Hutchings at what APCS called its “first annual State of the Schools address.” Dr. Hutchings delivered the address on March 1 from the ACHS auditorium, with some students and others in attendance.

Gender Gap In College Enrollment Narrows At ACHS

February 12, 2022

Data analyzed by Theogony show that the national gender disparities between men and women in four-year college enrollment has had similar manifestations at Alexandria City High School since at least the 2016-2017 school year.

What Does It Mean To Separate The Political And The Personal?

January 26, 2022

Explore the past through music and who knows what you'll discover. Maybe a bridge to the present.

A Conversation With The Alexandria Health Department Director

October 8, 2021

The acting director said that the AHD will recommend targeted closures if the Covid caseload becomes unsafe. Nicola HarrisEditor On Thursday, September 16, Theogony spoke to Anne Gaddy,...

A Conversation With The Alexandria Health Department Director

September 27, 2021

The acting director said that the AHD will recommend targeted closures if the Covid caseload becomes unsafe. Nikki Harris On Thursday, September 16, Theogony spoke to Anne Gaddy, the acting director...

Mark Eaton, TC Journalism Teacher And Former School Board Member, Retires

June 18, 2021

Kamilah Lawson will teach Journalism I and advise Theogony next year as Eaton's replacement. Nikki Harris Mark Eaton, an AP Literature/Journalism teacher and Theogony advisor at T.C. Williams,...

Photos of the Class of 2021 Graduation

June 17, 2021

The senior class graduated last Saturday at the T.C Williams Chinquapin circle. Nikki Harris The photos in this post capture the T.C. Williams class of 2021 graduation ceremony that took place...

Do Teachers At ACPS Reflect The Diversity Of The Student Body?

May 13, 2021

The school district has had more success recruiting Black teachers than it has Hispanic teachers. Nikki Harris Hispanic students represent 36.9 percent of the total student population in ACPS,...

Proposed Taylor Run Restoration Ignites Angered Opposition

November 13, 2020

Critics of the project are demanding the city reevalute the effects of the project before it is implemented. Mena Spencer, Nikki Harris, Hunter Langley Ever since Alexandria announced a planned...

Exclusive: ACPS Superintendent Hutchings Sends Child To Private School Bishop Ireton

October 7, 2020

Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) Superintendent Dr. Gregory Hutchings has enrolled one of his two children in Bishop Ireton, a private Catholic high school in Alexandria that operates under a hybrid learning model, in contrast to ACPS’s entirely virtual model.

Schools Reopening, Testing And Vaccines: A Conversation With Dr. Stephen Haering

October 1, 2020

The Alexandria Health Department Director said in an interview that his department holds the influence to stop distribution of a vaccine if it is skeptical of the vaccine's safety. Nikki Harris Nikki...