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The FY2022 approved budget includes the removal of $800,000 in funding for the police departments school resource officers program, which stationed officers in T.C. Williams High School, George Washington Middle School and Francis C. Hammond Middle School. (File Photo)
After another financially uncertain year due to the pandemic, City Council unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2022 budget on May 5.
Council approved City Manager Mark Jinks’ proposed $770.7 million operating budget as well as the $2.66 billion FY2022-2031 capital improvement program budget, with $293.1 million set for FY22.
Despite a 2.3% increase over the $753.3 million FY21 budget, the FY22 budget includes several forms of financial relief for residents and business owners, as the city continues to confront the real ities of COVID-19 and move out from under the shadow of the pandemic.
UpdatedTue, Mar 16, 2021 at 4:37 pm ET
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Officials visited T.C. Williams High School students in the classroom on the first day of hybrid learning for many students at Alexandria City Public Schools. (Emily Leayman/Patch)
ALEXANDRIA, VA — On Tuesday, Alexandria City Public Schools brought back its largest group of students to the classrooms for hybrid learning. Smaller groups of students had returned on March 2 and 9.
Students enrolled in hybrid learning are receiving two days of in-person instruction per week and the rest through virtual means. T.C. Williams High School Principal Peter Balas told reporters about 475 students were expected to return to the high school on Tuesday. For the school district as a whole, Superintendent Gregory Hutchings Jr. said just below 4,000 students returned to classrooms on Tuesday.