http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news/ News from the Alexandria City Public Schools Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:55 EST en-us http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2012/nr2012012501.php http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2012/nr2012012501.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:55 EST Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), the City of Alexandria and the Department of Recreation Parks and Cultural Activities (RPCA) have partnered to support parents with child care options on Feb. 3 and Feb. 10. http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2012/nr2012012401.php http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2012/nr2012012401.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:55 EST At tonight's scheduled budget work session, Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) Superintendent Morton Sherman will present the Alexandria City School Board with a $4.04 million Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget transfer request for outstanding vendor payments. The transfer request is based on $3.3 million in pending invoices, which have been reviewed and found to be in compliance with the Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA) and just over $700,000 for work scheduled to be completed. The transfer request is necessary due to the actions of staff members no longer with ACPS, which included inaccurate initial cost estimates and expenditure authorizations that exceeded budget. The current CIP budget is sufficient to cover all expenditures. http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2012/nr2012011903.php http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2012/nr2012011903.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:55 EST Tonight, Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) Superintendent Morton Sherman released the school division's Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Proposed Operating Budget of $215,691,137, an increase of 2.4 percent, or $5,121,985 from FY 2012 Approved Operating Budget. Additionally, Dr. Sherman presented the FY 2013 Proposed Combined Funds Budget of $236,331,598, a 1.8 percent increase from the FY 2012 Approved Combined Funds Budget, which includes $13,741,480 in grants and $6,898,981 in school nutrition funds. The proposal also includes a request for a City appropriation of $180,351,730, an increase of 3.2 percent from FY 2012. http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2012/nr2012011301.php http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2012/nr2012011301.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:55 EST Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) opened the first, state-of-the-art Ben Carson Reading Room in the country at T.C. Williams High School on January 13. During the grand opening, ACPS Superintendent Morton Sherman, T.C. Williams Principal Suzanne Maxey, Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille and Congressman Jim Moran welcomed sponsors and guests, including Mrs. Candy Carson and representatives from the Carson Scholars Fund and the Verizon Foundation, and they presided over tours and demonstrations of the new reading room.