Reminder: Update Meeting on Final PreK-8 Analysis Report Scheduled for Oct. 1, 2024

Families and community members are invited to attend an update meeting on the final report submitted to the Alexandria City School Board regarding the PreK-8 Analysis. This meeting will take place on Tues., Oct. 1, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Interpretation in Spanish, Arabic, Amharic and Dari will be provided. 

From May to August 2024, a PreK-8 analysis and evaluation was conducted on Jefferson-Houston Prek-8 School (J-H) and Patrick Henry K-8 School (PH) to develop recommendations for the Alexandria City School Board to determine whether or not the grade level configuration of these schools should be changed. Previous presentations regarding the PreK-8 Analysis can be viewed on the ACPS website. 

Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) previously conducted a grade-level configuration study in 2017 that gave a national perspective on PreK-8 models. In 2024, ACPS sought a specific analysis of its PreK-8 schools to determine if these programmatic models should be maintained and, if not, what are the human, programmatic, operational and fiscal implications of other models.

The results of the analysis were presented to the School Board on Sept. 19, 2024. The results of the analysis propose seven models for the School Board to review. The Sept. 19, 2024, school board presentation and the full PreK-12 Analysis and Evaluation Report may be viewed on BoardDocs.

For additional information or questions on the PreK-12 Analysis and Evaluation, please visit the ACPS website or email us at ask@acps.k12.va.us.