In light of the impending departures of Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt and Alexandria City High School King Street Campus Principal Ashley Carter-Sinclair, the Editorial Board feels that it is both necessary...

Six years ago, in the early days of the rapidly spreading Coronavirus, Alexandria City Public Schools, along with every other school district in America, went virtual. What was thought to be a temporary...

If you know me, then you know that I love our public schools in Alexandria. I have always appreciated the variety of programs available to everyone who lives here, as well as the wonderful teachers and...

When their phones light up with vague emails alerting them of “secure the building” or “evacuation” statuses due to fights and credible threats every month, students celebrate the interruption...

At the start of each new school year, high school students look forward to football games underneath the Friday night lights. At ACHS, the experience is no different.  However, overcrowding paired...

  Alexandria City High School hosted the twelfth annual Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Oct. 11. This year’s event celebrated and inducted 13 athletes along with three teams, all...

The school board is about to vote on a policy that censors student journalists. We created a policy that promotes the first amendment. Join us, along with hundreds of others, in urging the school board...

A vehicle marked with the emblem of the Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency that houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement, more commonly known as ICE, was spotted outside of the King...

Sofia, an elementary student at the Patrick Henry school, walks into her classroom each morning with a smile on her face, excited to learn. But Sofia’s school, along with the schools of thousands of...

On Sept. 28, 2017, in public comments at a school board meeting, I became the first person in Alexandria to call on Alexandria City Public Schools to discontinue tackle football at all levels due to new...