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In November, the Alexandria City School Board voted to change the name of T.C. Williams High School. After a series of polls among students, staff and the public, Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Gregory Hutchings, Ed.D made the recommendation to the School Board to rename it Alexandria High School. The Board will vote on April 8 and the new name will be official on July 1.
Cost estimates by ACPS to implement the name change at T.C. Williams total about $325,000. Given the cost, choosing to name the school after the community and returning to the name of the city’s historic high school, until 1935, and not to name it for a person is a wise choice.
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Officials visited T.C. Williams High School students in the classroom on the first day of hybrid learning for many students at Alexandria City Public Schools. (Emily Leayman/Patch)
ALEXANDRIA, VA On Tuesday, Alexandria City Public Schools brought back its largest group of students to the classrooms for hybrid learning. Smaller groups of students had returned on March 2 and 9.
Students enrolled in hybrid learning are receiving two days of in-person instruction per week and the rest through virtual means. T.C. Williams High School Principal Peter Balas told reporters about 475 students were expected to return to the high school on Tuesday. For the school district as a whole, Superintendent Gregory Hutchings Jr. said just below 4,000 students returned to classrooms on Tuesday.
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