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Joined yesterday by Virginia public school students, teachers, superintendents and parents, Governor Bob McDonnell unveiled his 2012 legislative and budget actions that support his administration’s ongoing “Opportunity to Learn” K-12 education agenda.

On Friday, January 6, Bishop Ireton High School hosted the First Annual Hunger Banquet as a fundraiser for their sister school in Haiti, Louverture Cleary.

In preparation for the Jan. 19th school board meeting and budget presentation, the Alexandria School Board previewed Superintendent Morton Sherman’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013 at a meeting last night.

Governor Bob McDonnell and the Board of Education announced today that 728 schools and nine school divisions earned 2011 Virginia Index of Performance awards for advanced learning and achievement.

Governor Bob McDonnell announced the first Governor’s Challenge in Economics and Personal Finance to promote new economics and personal finance courses for high school students.

The results of a review of Capital Improvement Program budget transfers, vouchers and invoices in the Alexandria City School System's Education Facilities Department will not be announced until January. So far, two members of the Education Facilities staff have resigned.

Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) Superintendent Morton Sherman is pleased to announce the appointment of Tammy Ignacio as Chief Administrative Officer. Ignacio is a former executive associate principal at T.C. Williams High School and since 2009 has served as the executive associate principal at T.C.'s Minnie Howard Campus. In this new position, she will manage the daily operations of the Office of the Superintendent and report directly to Dr. Sherman.

Surrounded by students, legislators, business leaders, and presidents of public and private colleges and universities statewide, Governor Bob McDonnell today announced his proposed new higher education funding package which includes $100 million per year to prepare Virginians for top jobs, boost job-creating research and innovation, make college degrees more affordable for students, and advance toward the governor’s goal of having 100,000 more Virginians earn degrees in the next 15 years.

University of Phoenix, the largest private University in North America, today announced the six nationwide recipients of its “Forever a Phoenix” scholarship. Two of the six scholarships were awarded to local residents Timothy Steele of McLean and Traci Robinson-Williams of Alexandria.

For the past several weeks, students in the Alexandria City Public School system’s adult education programs have expressed concern that Superintendent Morton Sherman planned to cancel these services.