![]() ![]() When I was appointed principal in 2017, after being an assistant principal at MVCS for three years, I gladly took on the challenge of leading the largest elementary school in ACPS, the only full dual language school, and working with one of the most involved and supportive family communities in the school district. I have learned much over the past nine years and have built meaningful relationships with our students, staff, administrators, families, and community members. While I am moving to start a new chapter in my career, I am incredibly grateful for all the work we did together to benefit our MVCS students, staff, and dual language program. Please know that my last day as the principal of MVCS will be June 30, 2023. After nine years of successes and challenges with the best family community and staff in Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), the time has come for me to take on new professional challenges. It is with mixed emotions that I share some news with my Mount Vernon Community School (MVCS) family. “It was initially daunting, but being the principal of MVCS became my career’s most invaluable leadership experience to date.”īurrell-Aldana’s departure follows the recent resignation of Alexandria City High School Executive Principal Peter Balas.īoth resignations were made a little more than a month since Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt was officially hired to lead the school system.ĪCPS did not respond to a request to comment. “After nine years of successes and challenges with the best family community and staff in Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), the time has come for me to take on new professional challenges,” she wrote. Burrell-Aldana was named the Washington Post’s 2023 Principal of the Year in April, and her last day is June 30.īurrell-Aldana, MVCS principal since 2017 and vice principal for three years before that, didn’t specify why she’s leaving, but wrote that she made the announcement with mixed emotions. Mount Vernon Community School Principal Liza Burrell-Aldana announced her resignation today via email. Principal Liza Burrell-Aldana with students (photo via Mount Vernon Community School/Facebook) Image via The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar/Facebook 0 Comments Alexandria leaders boiling mad over watered down stream restoration projects.Covid funding could help restore ‘Green Book’ lodging in Parker Gray.TONIGHT: Meet the two Alexandria City High School Executive Principal finalists on Zoom.New maritime center at Waterfront Park opens this Saturday.Here’s your guide to this weekend’s Portside in Old Town Summer Festival.Alexandria ranked in top 20 places for families.Prank call leads Alexandria Police into Old Town home with ballistic shields.Here are the two Alexandria City High School executive principal finalists.Notes: Milkshake bar opening next month in Old Town, possibly bringing boys to the yard.Maryland man accused of placing peephole camera in bathroom of Alexandria restaurant.The resignation comes just months after Burrell-Aldana was named Principal of the Year by the Washington Post. Alexander Duncan III, the Minnie Howard Campus administrator, and Marcia Rice, principal at Meadowbrook High School, answered a variety of questions Monday night in a Zoom meet-and-greet moderated by former ACHS principal John Porter.Įarlier today, Mount Vernon Community School Principal Liza Burrell-Aldana announced she would be resigning at the end of the month. Two candidates are squaring off to fill the sizable shoes left in Alexandria City High School by the departing Principal Peter Balas. It’s been an interesting week in Alexandria, with a preview of new Alexandria City Public Schools’ leadership and an announcement earlier today of another principal’s departure. Milkshakes at The Crazy Mason (image via The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar Old Town Alexandria/Facebook) ![]()
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