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The FY2022 approved budget includes the removal of $800,000 in funding for the police departments school resource officers program, which stationed officers in T.C. Williams High School, George Washington Middle School and Francis C. Hammond Middle School. (File Photo)
After another financially uncertain year due to the pandemic, City Council unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2022 budget on May 5.
Council approved City Manager Mark Jinks’ proposed $770.7 million operating budget as well as the $2.66 billion FY2022-2031 capital improvement program budget, with $293.1 million set for FY22.
Despite a 2.3% increase over the $753.3 million FY21 budget, the FY22 budget includes several forms of financial relief for residents and business owners, as the city continues to confront the real ities of COVID-19 and move out from under the shadow of the pandemic.
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Alexandria City Public Schools provided updates about hybrid learning at the March 4 School Board Meeting. (Photo/ACPS)
Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Gregory Hutchings Ed. D provided an update on reopening schools and announced a new in-person learning program called SEAL Support Mondays during the Jan. 21 virtual Alexandria School Board meeting. The meeting was marked by considerable push-back from several parents frustrated by continued virtual-only learning.
The first students slated to return for part-time in-person learning are the youngest students with disabilities. These pupils were supposed to return to school on. Jan. 19. However, that date has already been pushed back three times.