Group Aids ACPS in Long-Range Planning
Joint Long-Range Educational Facilities Program Group seeks to help the city determine just how big the public school system is getting.
City Council last fall formed the Joint Long-Range Educational Facilities Plan Work Group to help tackle the pressing problems of the public school system’s long-term enrollment growth and other issues. “The reason we created this group was that for years we’ve had this discord on what the numbers are — the schools had a projection for an enrollment estimate and the city had another view of it,” said City Councilman Justin Wilson, who is a group member. “The result has been inaction. We’ve kind of sat and we’ve had both sides pointing fingers. …There’s a desire to bring the two organizations together, agree on numbers and find a solution.” In October 2012 there were more than 13,000 students in Alexandria City Public Schools, up from the …
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