High School Academic Expansion Program Realizing that students need more time to achieve higher academic standards, Superintendent Berg recommended adding on a period to T.C. Williams High School, which expanded the academic day by approximately one hour. This seven-period day will be phased in over three years, starting in September 1999 with the 10th grade class. Plans started this year for expanding the successful high school alternative education program and the Secondary Training and Education Program, which is now housed at T.C. Williams High School. As a result, educators presented a written plan to the board, held discussions about possible relocation sites, offered alternative education staff development programs to middle school educators and initiated planning for pilot programs in middle school. More than 2,500 volunteers worked with the Alexandria City Public Schools.
Volunteers often work with students to sharpen reading skills.
Growth in Number of Volunteers Research shows that one of the most important influences in a child's life is a caring and committed adult. This partnership has the potential of connecting more than 1,000 businesses to the schools in positive and significant ways.