School Board Briefs

Board Briefs are follow-up materials in response to School Board Meeting questions or new reports provided to the School Board. They are simultaneously provided to the Board and posted to the public. Board Briefs are typically posted on Fridays, on an as-needed basis.

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School Year 2021-2022 Board Briefs

Date	Board Brief Topics
July 29, 2022	Student Well-Being and Safety Updates for SY22–23 School Law Enforcement Partnership (SLEP) Advisory Group Update
July 22, 2022	Update on Alexandria City High School TV Studio
July 15, 2022	Proactive Safety Planning, SY22–23
July 8, 2022	School Law Enforcement Partnership (SLEP) Advisory Group Update
July 1, 2022	Athletics and Student Activities Restructuring
June 24, 2022	New ACPS Website Timeline - July 2022 Launch
June 17, 2022	2022 Equity Climate Survey Results ASK ACPS Parents for Safe Alexandria Schools Partnership Info
June 3, 2022	Ownership of ACPS School Sites Human Resource Salary Scale Edit
May 27, 2022	Update, School Law Enforcement Partnership (SLEP) Advisory Group Status Vaccine Ambassadors
May 20, 2022	2022 Developmental Assets Survey Results Resolution Against Gun Violence Draft
May 13, 2022	ACPS Logo Redesign Update
April 29, 2022	Science Textbook Resource Adoption (Grades 6–12)
April 22, 2022	August 2022 Professional Learning Update Media Relations Interim Report Update: Equity Policy Audit Process Middle School Orientation Program School Improvement Plan Step Up to Kindergarten Orientation Program
April 8, 2022	MOU SRO Quarterly Report (March 2022)
April 1, 2022	FY 2021-22 Corrected School Safety Data for Q1 and Q2
March 28, 2022	Facilities Audit Update 1703 N Beauregard Milestone Timeline Update
March 11, 2022	Professional Learning Day Update
March 4, 2022	ACPS Equity Climate Survey 2021-22 SY21-22 Pupil Transportation Ridership Counts ACPS General Fund Balance Staff COVID-19 Leave Option Increase in Substitute Pay for Remainder of 2021-22 School Year Planning Period Pay for School Staff Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council
February 25, 2022	Adjusted Student Schedule for Testing in April 2022 at ACHS
February 11, 2022	ACPS Out of School Time Program Update ESSER Funded IT Infrastructure Projects
February 4, 2022	ACPS Logo Redesign Superintendent's Podcast -- Unapologetic Talk with the Supe Middle School Updae
January 28, 2022	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
January 21, 2022	ACPS Partners Update ACPS Grants Awards and Management Update Information on "Simply the Best" Grassroots Communications
January 7, 2022	Talented and Gifted Program Update Virtual Division-Wide Professional Learning Update for February 18, 2022
December 17, 2021	Strategic Communications and Engagement Plan Parent Square Introduction and Update
November 19, 2021	Performing Arts COVID-19 Guidance
November 12, 2021	Customer Relations Management System School Family Engagement Framework and Blueprints Update on Afghan Student Population and Support
November 5, 2021	Procurement Office Update Newly Enrolled Students Return to their Boundary School
October 29, 2021	New Master Slide PowerPoint Template for Strategic Plan ACPS Website Redesign - July 2022 Launch Process, Prioritization, and Timeline For Accepting Quarter 2 Virtual Students
October 22, 2021	Equity for All Summative KPI Reporting
October 15, 2021	Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Targeted Sampling Results Update Draft Joint City Council and School Board Work Session Presentation Employee Letter for COVID-19 Weekly Testing Requirement and Unpaid Leave Science Textbook Adoption
October 8, 2021	2021 Equity for All Climate Survey Results Fall 2021 – Parent-Teacher Conferences for All ACPS Elementary Schools Traditional and Modified Calendars Linguistically and Culturally Diverse (LCD) Student Fact Sheet SY 2020-2021
October 1, 2021	Update on School and Department Improvement Planning Talented and Gifted Screening Procedures for SY 2021-2022
September 29, 2021	Fall 2021 - Secondary Parent-Teacher Conferences for Alexandria City High School, Francis C. Hammond Middle School, and George Washington Middle School
September 24, 2021	Preliminary 2021 Virginia On-Time Graduation and Dropout Rates The High School Project Update MOU for Calls for Police Services for 2021-2022 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for ACPS Performing Arts Programs
September 10, 2021	School Safety Audit for 2020-2021
September 3, 2021	American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER III Health and Physical Education Guidance for COVID-19 Precautions Update on Division-Wide Professional Learning Day for October 11, 2021
August 27, 2021	Update on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Requirements for ACPS Staff
August 20, 2021	Preliminary SOL Results PreK-12 Lunch Process SY 2021-2022 PSAT/SAT Schedule for Alexandria City High School (ACHS) Leadership Professional Learning Update Instructional Guidance for Quarantined Students ACPS Virtual Learning Update
August 13, 2021	Ventilation, HVAC and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Division Updates
August 6, 2021	ACHS Administrator Assignments; Update on Division Telework Policy and Practice; Update on Substitute Hire Program; Agendas for the Annual ACPS Leadership Academy and ACPS New Licensed Staff Orientation
July 30, 2021	PowerSchool Access and Electronic Back to School Forms - Fall 2021
July 16, 2021	School Resource Officer Program Update and Next Steps; Smart Beginnings Alexandria Name Change

School Year 2020-2021 Board Briefs

Date	Board Brief Topics
June 25, 2021	New Alexandria City High School Logo; COVID-19 Vaccines Update; School Board Policy JEB: Entrance Age/Admission of Persons Not of School Age; Update on Language Line Services for ACPS Families
June 11, 2021	Final Quarterly Meeting on ACPS/APD Memorandum of Understanding on the School Resource Officer Program; June 24, 2021, Division-Wide Professional Learning Day Update; Updated Talented and Gifted Screening Procedures for the 2020-2021 School Year; Francis C. Hammond and George Washington Middle School Bell Schedules for SY 2021-2022
June 4, 2021	Superintendent's 360 Leadership Survey; Calendar Committee Update
May 28, 2021	T.C. Williams High School Bell Schedule for SY 2021-2022
May 21, 2021	Equity Climate Survey; Environmental Safety Programs Update; George Washington High School Alumni Association--Site Marker Proposal; COPS Grant Update; Executive Leadership Coaching Implementation Update; School and Department Improvement Update; Waivers and Flexibility in Meeting Graduation Requirements for the Class of 2021
May 7, 2021	ACPS Equity Climate Survey; School Name Changes, Signage and Communications Update; English Language Arts Textbook Resource Adoption (Gr. 6-12); Kindergarten - First Grade Student Orientation and Grades 2-5 New Student Orientation
April 23, 2021	Strategic Plan Implementation Update; 2022-2024 Academic Calendars--Community Engagement Timeline; High School Graduation Update
April 9, 2021	Spring SOL Administration Update; Joint Facilities Master Plan; American Rescue Plan Act; Update: Equity Audit of School Board Policies; Anti-Racism Training
March 26, 2021	Process and Timeline For Phasing in New Hybrid Students
March 19, 2021	Electric Bus Update
March 12, 2021	Reorganization of the Procurement Office
February 26, 2021	2021 Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) School Day for T.C. Williams High School
February 19, 2021	T.C. Williams Parker Gray Stadium Renovation Project Update; The High School Project: Site Specific Educational Specifications; Facilities Condition Assessment Update
February 5, 2021	George Washington Middle School, Indoor Air Quality Mitigation Update; Phase II Identity Project Update: Community Poll Number One
January 22, 2021	Winter SOL and WIDA ACCESS Assessment Update
January 8, 2021	Teacher and Staff Retention Report for SY 2019-2020; Support for Academic Disparities: Hispanic Male Graduation Rates; SY 2020-2021 Academic Calendar Revision for Parent-Teacher Conferences at T.C. Williams High School, Francis C. Hammond Middle School, and George Washington Middle School for Spring 2021
December 18, 2020	Q1 Chronic Absenteeism and Student Grade Distribution; CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds; Residency Verification Update; Update on School and Department Improvement Plan Enhancements; MAP Assessment Administration Update; Civility Discussion – Board Retreat
December 4, 2020	Human Resources Audit Update; Academic Calendar Update: Progress report on the 2022-2023 Academic Calendars for Pre-Labor Day Start; Manual for Teacher Growth and Assessment System, December 2020
November 6, 2020	Alexandria City Public Schools / Alexandria Police Department Memorandum of Understanding; CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds
October 30, 2020	Facilities Audit Update; Joint City Council/School Board CIP Budget Work Session Presentation; Compensation Study: Phase II
October 16, 2020	School & Community Relations Update; Executive Leadership Coaching Partnership
October 2, 2020	Expiration of Time-Limited Policy Provisions for School Year 2019-2020: Policy IKFA and Regulation IKFA-R (Locally-Awarded Verified Credits)
September 25, 2020	Virtual Plus+ Survey: Your Thoughts on School Opening; The Identity Project: Renaming Our Schools Working Communications and Engagement Plan; Virtual Plus+ Partners Update
September 18, 2020	Fall 2020 VirtualPLUS+ Division Testing Schedule; 2020 Preliminary AP Results Brief
August 28, 2020	Revision of Regulation GAB-R/IIBEA-R
August 21, 2020	The High School Project
August 14, 2020	Enhanced Continuity of Learning Plan 4.0: Reimagining Schools Update
July 31, 2020	Enhanced Continuity of Learning Plan 4.0: Reimagining Schools Update
July 24, 2020	Enhanced Continuity of Learning Plan 4.0: Reimagining Schools Update
July 17, 2020	ACPS 2020 Final Performance Summary

School Year 2019-2020 Board Briefs

Date	Board Brief Topics
June 26, 2020	COVID-19 Measurement Summary; K-2 Literacy Task Force Project Plan; The High School Project Update; Donation to ACPS
June 19, 2020	COVID-19 Pulse Survey Round #2 Results; FY 2020 Educational Facilities Summer Update
June 12, 2020	Social Studies Textbook Adoption; Donation to ACPS
June 5, 2020	Dual Language Program Update; 2019-2020 Talented and Gifted (TAG) Program Update; Diploma Requirement Waivers for ST 2019-2020 Graduation Cohort; Human Resources Audit Update
May 29, 2020	Water/Indoor Air Quality Update; Policies Impacted by the COVID-19 School Closure
May 22, 2020	COVID-19 Pulse Survey Administration #1 Results; 3.0 Enhanced Continuity of Learning Summer Plan; Maintenance and Custodial Services Update and Facility Usage; Enrollment Projections: Elementary Schools; FY 2020 CIP Reserve Account Update for Q3; FY 2020 CIP Quarterly Report for Q3
May 15, 2020	FY 2020 Educational Facilities Project Updates; Douglas MacArthur Project Update; Enrollment Projections: Middle Schools; Superintendent Evaluation Update; Approval of Community Donation
May 8, 2020	COVID-19 Response Theory of Action and System of Measurement; High School Project Update; Enrollment Projections: High School
May 1, 2020	ACPS COVID-19 Response Survey; COVID-19 Response Department Plans; SY 2021-2022 Academic Calendar; Annual Staff Evaluation Process
April 24, 2020	Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Updates; Budget Transfers to Support the Elevated Gymnasium Project at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School; FY 2020 Year End Estimate Fund Statements; COVID-19 Impact on FY 2021 Revenue
April 17, 2020	ACPS Temperature Screening Plan; Use of the Zoom Platform in ACPS; Providing At-Home Internet Access for Students
March 13, 2020	Revisions to Regulation EBCD-R: Emergency School Closures; Delayed Opening and Early Dismissal Regulations
March 6, 2020	George Washington Middle School: Maintenance; Facilities and Safety & Security Update
February 21, 2020	School Improvement Plans: Quarter 2 Chats; Virginia Pre-School Initiative; Lunch Balances
February 7, 2020	Family Engagement Evaluation Survey; Ferdinand T. Day Elevated Gymnasium Project, Upcoming Events; Update on Multi-Court Playing Surfaces (Mini-Pitches) and Community Engagement Efforts; Principal Search for Charles Barrett and Douglas MacArthur Elementary Schools; Review of Pre-Labor Day Calendar Start in August 2021
January 24, 2020	Strategic Plan Update; FY 2020 Summer Planning and Facility Usage; Central Office Parking Update
January 10, 2020	Strategic Plan Update
December 20, 2019	Strategic Plan Update
December 6, 2019	Update on Social Emotional Academic Learning Supports; Hanover Research Report: Analysis of Equity in Board of Education Policies
November 22, 2019	Annual Data Workbook; Strategic Plan Update; Smart Beginnings; Talented and Gifted Program Update; Dual Language Program; Jefferson-Houston Quarterly Update
November 8, 2019	2018-2019 End-of-Year Discipline Data; ACPS Communications Protocol; Measuring Academic Progress for Title 1 Schools; Update on Social Emotional Academic Learning Supports
October 25, 2019	Updates to the Strategic Planning Process
October 11, 2019	The High School Project Industry Advisory Boards; DM Project Team Structure
September 27, 2019	ACPS 2020 Survey Results; 2019-2020 Preliminary Accreditation Results; 2019 Virginia On-Time Graduation and Dropout Rates; Updates to the Strategic Planning Process; Changes to IKFD-R: Credit-by-Exam for World Languages Regulation;, Updates on Equity Activities
September 6, 2019	Updates to the Strategic Planning Process; Proposed Changes to the 2019-2020 Traditional Academic Calendar for T.C. Williams High School King Street and Minnie Howard Campuses
August 23, 2019	Residency Verification Data for School Year 2018-19
August 16, 2019	2019 Preliminary AP Results
August 13, 2019	Federally Adjusted SOL Results
August 9, 2019	2019 ACPS Superintendent's Leadership Academy; High School Project Update; Douglas MacArthur Swing Space; SY 2019-20 Pupil Transportation Status; Targeted Facilities Condition Assessments Update #3--Draft Report
August 2, 2019	SOL Report and Accreditation Timeline; Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) at Cora Kelly and William Ramsay; High School Project Update
July 26, 2019	2019 Superintendent's Leadership Academy; High School Project Progress Update; MVCS Playground; Targeted Facilities Condition Assessment; Administrator Vacancies as of July 26, 2019
July 19, 2019	School Improvement Planning Quarter 4 Chats; High School Project Progress Update; Status of Targeted Facilities Condition Assessments; Update from the Office of Communications on the National School Public Relations Association Conference
July 12, 2019	FY 2019-2020 Professional Development Plan for Jefferson-Houston (J-H) PreK-8 International Baccalaureate (IB) School; Summer Learning First Week; Douglas MacArthur Swing Space; High School Project Update; Operations for First Week of Summer Learning; HR Vacancies

School Year 2018-2019 Board Briefs

Date	Topics
June 21, 2019	2025 Strategic Plan Committee Data Handbook; 2019 Developmental Assets Survey Results
June 14, 2019	Educational Design Team; 1701 N Beauregard--5th & 6th Floors; Teacher Success Utilizing DonorsChoose Online Platform
June 7, 2019	Updates to the Strategic Planning Process; Review of New Accreditation Accountability System; 2019-2020 Dates for Back-to-School Night; Establishing an Education Foundation Fund
May 24, 2019	Emerging EdTech Leader Award
May 10, 2019	2018-2019 Second Quarter Discipline Data;  Update to the Strategic Planning Timeline of Activities; Governor's Innovative Equipment Grant Award; Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Grant;  Teacher, Principal Assistant Principal Interview Processes; Job Description: Academic Interventionist Instructional Coach;  Jefferson-Houston School--Stay Interviews;  Alexandria Office of Housing Amazon/VaTech Workshop Update
April 26, 2019	Vacancy Update--Support for Custodial Staff
April 12, 2019	Changes to Spring SOL Testing for High School Students; Swing Space Talking Points
April 5, 2019	Strategic Planning Update; Family Engagement Evaluation Update; Update on the Status of ACPS Violent Intruder Training; Outsourcing Custodial Services; Jefferson-Houston (J-H) PreK-8 International Baccalaureate (IB) School; Northern Virginia Education Innovation Partnership
April 4, 2019	Patrick Henry Swing Space Feedback Through 4/3/19
March 22, 2019	Update on GWMS Kitchen/Cafeteria Project; Recruiting and Retaining Highly Qualified Teachers; T.C. Williams HS College and Career Center Staffing; School Improvement Planning; Update on Executive Leadership Development Plan; System Update; Custodians; Teach for America; Emotional and Behavioral Needs in ACPS; Communications Update
March 8, 2019	School Improvement Planning; Update on Executive Leadership Development Plan; Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) System Update; Long-term Financial Impact of Reinstating 30 Custodians; Financial Implications of the Governor’s Budget; Teach for America; PBIS: A System-wide Approach to Addressing Social, Emotional & Behavioral Needs in ACPS; Update on Equity Activities; Communications Update
March 1, 2019	Family Engagement Evaluation; Update on ACPS Principals' Meetings for 2018-2019; Coach Models; Educational Facilities Audit Update; Update on Support for Custodial Staff
February 22, 2019	Federal Review of School Nutrition Services Program
February 15, 2019	C.U.R.E. Partnership
February 1, 2019	ACPS 2020 3-Year Performance Summary; Update on Restorative Practices
January 18, 2019	Update on George Washington Middle School Kitchen and Cafeteria Project; Francis Hammond Security; Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) Requests under Policy KBA: Requests for Information
January 11, 2019	Background Information for the High School Project
December 21, 2018	Update: Mount Vernon Community Meeting
December 14, 2018	Students with Disabilities Evaluation Draft Action Plan Timeline
December 7, 2018	Patrick Henry School Opening Communications Plan
November 9, 2018	Early Care and Education Work Group (ECEW) Indicator Data Reported by ACPS; Realignment of Website Facilities Pages; Annual Title I Schools Family Engagement Report
November 5, 2018	Students with Disabilities Action Plan
October 26, 2018	Scholarship Fund of Alexandria; Superintendent's Listening & Learning Tour: Fall 2018
October 24, 2018	2018 SAT Digest
October 19, 2018	Board Meeting Follow-Up: Early Childhood Programs Funding; Cafeteria Update - George Washington and Francis C. Hammond Middle Schools; Solving Protocols
October 12, 2018	Board Meeting Follow-Up: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS)
October 5, 2018	ACPS's New Internet Content Filter: "Securly"
October 1, 2018	2018 Virginia On-Time Graduation and Dropout Rates
September 28, 2018	Update to Preliminary Accreditation Data; FY 2018 Summer Projects Update
September 21, 2018	Students with Disabilities Evaluation Update; ACPS Quality Profile--Measuring What Matters
September 14, 2018	Student with Disabilities Evaluation Report
September 7, 2018	Regulatory Revisions
August 31, 2018	Students with Disabilities Evaluation Update; ACPS 2020 Survey Results; Virginia Preschool Initiative; Opening of Schools: Talent Development; Opening of Schools: Curriculum and Instruction and Technology Services; Back-to-School Events; FY 2018 Summer Projects Update
August 24, 2018	SOL Report & Accreditation Timeline; AP Results
August 17, 2018	Facilities Update
August 10, 2018	Superintendent's Leadership Institute; Title IV, Part A Grant
July 13, 2018	Kindergarten BMI Report; School Board Regulations JEA-R, JEC-R

School Year 2017-2018 Board Briefs

Date	Topics
June 22, 2018	Response to Concerns Expressed at June 13, 2018 TAGAC Meeting; GWMS Cafeteria Renovation Update
June 15, 2018	Vision Session Report; Administrator Survey; Updated Quarter 2 Discipline Data; Communications Strategic Plan 2018-2020
June 8, 2018	Process for Standardizing Data Collection Template for Curriculum & Instruction
May 4, 2018	2018 Revised CIP Summer Projects-Upcoming Contract Approvals
April 27, 2018	Summer Learning 2018
April 20, 2018	Pre-K Experiences for Kindergarten Students at Jefferson-Houston & William Ramsay
February 23, 2018	Re-Launch of ACPS TV
February 2, 2018	ACPS Technology Plan 2018-2023
January 5, 2018	ACPS 2020 Performance Summary Update; Update on West End Elementary School; Paraprofessionals: Placement on ACPS Teacher Salary Scale; Hiring Process
December 22, 2017	Health-Science Academy at T.C. Williams
December 1, 2017	Employee Retention
October 27, 2017	Students with Disabilities Evaluation Update; School Education Plans
September 29, 2017	2017 Virginia On-Time Graduation & Dropout Rates
August 25, 2017	ACPS 2020 Survey Results; Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2017 Report
August 18, 2017	2017 Preliminary AP Results

School Year 2016-2017 Board Briefs

Date	Topics
June 16, 2017	Policy IKEB: Acceleration Background Research
May 26, 2017	Proposed Renegotiation of Minimum Electric Demand Capacity at T.C. Williams
May 19, 2017	Long Range Educational Facilities Plan- Phase 2
April 7, 2017	Procurement Audit Final Report
March 24, 2017	Jefferson-Houston Literacy, Math, and Leadership Audit Results
March 3, 2017	2nd Quarter Chronic Absenteeism and Suspension Results
February 24, 2017	Launch of New ACPS Website
January 17, 2017	Revision to Regulation KG-R: Community Use of School Facilities Fees
December 19, 2016	Excel Academy Program Review and Division Response
December 9, 2016	CIP Budget Transfer for 1701/1705 N. Beauregard; Patrick Henry School Design; School Education Plans
November 18, 2106	Retention Report
October 28, 2016	Residency Verification Specialist
September 30, 2016	2016 Virginia On-Time Graduation and Dropout Rates
September 16, 2016	2016 Preliminary AP Results; 2016 SAT Digest
August 12, 2016	Final ACPS 2020 Survey Results; Preliminary 2015-2016 Federal SOL Results
August 5, 2016	Developmental Assets Survey Results
July 1, 2016	2016 Summer Projects & Initiatives; 11/6/14 MOU: Facility & Outdoor Maintenance of Schools and Recreation Centers

School Year 2015-2016 Board Briefs

Date	Topics
June 24, 2016	Preliminary ACPS 2020 Survey Results
May 20, 2016	ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan Scorecard Update; TELL Survey Results
May 13, 2016	Restorative Justice; Cultural Competency
May 6, 2016	Strategic Communications Plan 2016-2018; International Academy; AVID
April 15, 2016	Jefferson-Houston Corrective Action Plan
October 23, 2015	SY 2015-2016 Fall Membership/Enrollment Data and 3-Year Historical Data Comparison; Youth Risk Behavior Survey Report
October 16, 2015	Middle School Metrics Update
October 9, 2015	Supplemental Retirement Plan Update
October 2, 2015	Jefferson-Houston Progress; 2015 Virginia On-Time Graduation & Dropout Rates
September 18, 2015	Research on Homework & Student Achievement; Research on Class Size & Student Achievement; Post Secondary Student Outcomes Analysis & Benchmark Comparison
August 14, 2015	Elementary Progress Report
July 17, 2015	Amplify Tablet System Status; Special Education Plan