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To the Alexandria City School Board:
We are members of the ACPS Elementary School community—families, neighbors, and friends—writing to express our strong concern about the proposed ACPS redistricting plan that would divide students between two different middle schools.
Many of these students began their education during the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic and are only now experiencing the full benefits of consistent, in-person learning and connection. After COVID, many were relocated to the temporary swing spaces. Despite all of this, the incredible ACPS educators and administrators have built a strong, joyful, and connected school culture.
To split these children apart now—just as they enter middle school, one of the most socially and emotionally sensitive periods of their lives—would not only be deeply disruptive, it would also undo years of work by our educators to build connection, stability, and trust.
Middle school is already a challenging period of transition. Our students deserve stability, support, and a sense of continuity. They deserve to move forward with the peers and community they’ve grown up with.
We respectfully urge you to:
Keep the ACPS elementary community together during this redistricting process;
Pause any boundary changes that rely on evolving or incomplete plans;
Increase transparency and family engagement before final decisions are made.
We believe in strong, inclusive, and thoughtful planning—especially when it reflects the voices and needs of the students and families most directly affected.
Please Keep Our Students Together.
Sincerely,
Aaron Christoff
Alicia Backous
Alison Maltz
Amelia Binder
Amy Hillis
Amy Spain
Andrea Geddis
Angela McDowell
Anita Barondes
Ann Davis Spitler
Anna Bailey
Anna Guggenheim
Anna Kuntz
Anna Slother
Anne N Richardson
Ari Siskind
Azizi V. Wesmiller
Bonnie Deady
Brandy Crist-Travers
Brian Anderson
Brooke Gill
Bruce Brown
Carlie Casella
Cecile Phillips
Charles Travers
Charissa Slack
Christian Bowers
Christine Halsey
Colin Winchester
Corinne Mather
Cornelia Groat
Courtenay Ebel
David Anderson
Deborah Hertzberg
Dennis Kuhns
Dianne Russo
Dusty Anderson
Elizabeth Frank
Elizabeth Jones
Ellen Albers
Ellen Pattisall
Elwood Jones
Ethan Hertzberg
Fran Vogel
Gail Gordon
Gregory L Murphy
Harriett McCune
Heather Hammack
Hilary Wanke
Hollie Szamosfalvi
Hon. Amy Jackson
Jackie DiRamio
Jackie Rustigian
Jackson Brossy
Jacob Bradley
Jaclyn Moyer
Jacqueline Atkisson
Jamie Hennigan
Janet Minatelli
Jay Hallen
Jeff Gonzalez
Jeff Schott
Jennifer Gerritsen
Jessica Bowman
Jessica Hazlett
Jessica Hughes
Jocelyn Parks
John Mickley
Jonathan Falk
Joseph Dominick
Joshua Asomugha
Joshua Mather
Julio Salcedo
Kalle Thompson
Karen Baetz Schott
Karen Meade
Kate Earnest
Kate Hennigan
Kate Mitchell-Tombras
Katherine Weller
Kathryn Holloman
Katie Brossy
Katie Dominick
Katie Lee
Kelli McMorrow
Kelly Brockway
Kelly Umutoni
Kevin Potter
Kimberly Stewart
Kristen Obaranec
Kristie Herring
Kristina Seppala
Laura Martin Marzo
Laura McArdle
Laura Ouimet
Laura Plaze
Lillian York
Lisa Stewart
Lisa Wise
Margot Kitonis
Marilyn Horner
Mark Sweet
Mary Kate Sparrow
Matt Hazlett
Meghan Britt
Megan Callahan
Megan Cheng
Megan Collado
Megan Talley
Mehrnoosh Mirmohammadi
Melissa Callahan
Melissa Sapsford
Melissa Siskind
Michele Dixey
Michelle Cullum
Michael C Poole
Milansinh Thakore
Mimi Schwanda
Miruna Stanica
Molly Taylor
Natalie Maxwell
Nathaniel Ebel
Paul DeSario
Paul Kitonis
Rich Cheng
Robert Bowman
Sandra Ware
Sarah Hertzberg
Scott Sutherland
Seth Atkisson
Shahin Abdollahy
Stephanie Cullen
Stephanie Karner
Stephen E. Bozzo
Stephen LeBlanc
Steve Sternberg
Susan Christoff
Susan Thakore
Tarina Keene
Taron Murakami
Thad Wise
Tim Mullins
Tim Walker
Tillman Finley
Todd Maxwell
Tracy Mapley-Brittle
Victoria Gayden
Warren Corey Stewart
Wesley Weller
William Geddis
William Pfister Jr
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