7-494: Alexandria City Public Schools ( ACPS ) is a school division which is funded by the government of Alexandria , Virginia , United States. The current superintendent, appointed by the school board, is Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt, who began in that position on July 1, 2023. She was previously the chief of human resources in ACPS after joining the school system in 2021 and then served as the interim superintendent. There are nine members of
14-540: A former superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools, was a supporter of racial segregation in schools. In March 2021, the superintendent put forward two final names after community input: "Alexandria High School" and " Naomi Brooks Elementary School", after a former teacher who died in 2020. The school board voted in April 2021 to change the school's names to Alexandria City High School and Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School. The Alexandria City Public Schools consists of
21-455: Is charged under § 22.1-25 of the Code of Virginia with dividing the state into school divisions. A school division is typically coextensive with a county or independent city , although it is also possible for a school division to comprise a city and a neighboring county (e.g., Williamsburg and James City County ) or a single town (e.g., West Point ). Although the term "school district"
28-481: Is popularly used, a school division in Virginia differs from a school district in most states in the following key respect. Unlike school districts in most states, a Virginia school division is not a separate local government , but instead depends on appropriations and budget approvals from its associated general-purpose local government or governments (county, city, town). Legally, it is a political subdivision of
35-839: The Alexandria City Public School Board. All members of the board are elected by district every three years, and the chair is appointed by the board. There are also two student representatives. District A District B District C The first school offering public education in Alexandria was founded in 1785, the Washington Free School, partly funded by George Washington. Although the desegregation process began in 1959 when nine black school children entered all-white Theodore Ficklin Elementary School after an NAACP lawsuit, it
42-484: The following schools. School division A school division is a geographic division over which a school board has jurisdiction. In Canada the term is used for the area controlled by a school board and is used interchangeably with school district , including in the formal name of the board. For example, see List of Alberta school boards . In the U.S. state of Virginia , the State Board of Education
49-507: Was not until 1974 that Superintendent John Albohm announced "This year, we have finally reorganized our elementary schools and, in a broad sense, have completed the desegregation of our school system kindergarten through grade 12". In November 2020, the school board unanimously voted to rename T. C. Williams High School and Matthew Maury Elementary School, with name selection coming before the 2021–22 school year. This follows years of community efforts to rename T. C. Williams because its namesake,
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