The Alexandria Health Department is working to identify students and staff who may have spent time in close contact with a person at Patrick Henry Elementary School diagnosed with tuberculosis, according to Alexandria City Public Schools.
Lois Berlin, who served as the superintendent of Falls Church City Public Schools between 2004 and 2011, will take on interim duties later this month, the school board said in a news release Wednesday.
Alexandria City Public Schools’ decision to close school Wednesday after more than 300 staff members called off work has left some parents scrambling to find child care.
Students at Jefferson-Houston School in Alexandria are being sent home early because of a natural gas leak near the building, Alexandria City Public Schools said Thursday.
An Alexandria elementary school closed early on Friday due to a power outage, school officials said.
Hundreds of thousands of students in Northern Virginia are back to class for the start of the current school year. Students are heading back in some of the region’s largest counties, including Fairfax and Arlington.
The lock-in was prompted by a robbery at a PNC Bank in the 800 block of North Washington Street.
MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Becky Domokos-Bays of Alexandria City Public Schools has served her students whole-grain pasta 20 times. Each time, she said, they rejected it. Starting next school year,…
Alexandria City Public Schools middle school students will be in school for an extra 14 minutes per day for several weeks this spring to make up for weather-related closures this winter.
Alexandria police say a woman was shot and killed in her home and another was injured after an unknown man knocked on the door and fired a gun at them.
Morton Sherman, the superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools, announced that he plans to leave his position immediately. The school system appointed an acting superintendent as it looks for a replacement.
As 1,500 Alexandria City Public Schools\’ students head back to class Thursday, other schools in the D.C. area cling to what little bit of summer they have left.