Advocacy

In general, PTAC encourages our PTA units to drive their own school advocacy efforts, but PTAC also writes advocacy letters to support our PTA units. Read some of our advocacy letters here:

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• 3/14/2025 Letter to the Joint City-School Committee with recommended questions for the DASH bus exploration

• 3/6/25: Letter to VA Department of Education supporting special education funding the raising the support cap

• 2/27/25: PTAC Budget Advocacy Letter

• 12/14/23: PTAC Improving Special Education in ACPS

• 12/8/23: PTAC Playground Advocacy

• 6/8/23: PTAC Special Education Advocacy

• 4/13/23: PTAC to City Council regarding the City Manager’s proposed budget for FY 2024

• 2/9/23: PTAC FY2024 Budget Priorities

• 12/9/22: PTAC Support for GW Security Vestibule

• 10/26/22: DEI Committee's comments to VDOE proposed policies regarding transgender and nonbinary students

• 10/26/22: PTAC Gun Violence Statement

• 9/8/22: PTAC Support for Speed Reductions/Cameras

• 9/8/22: PTAC Support for Polk Sidewalk

• 8/31/22: PTAC Advocacy Priorities

• 8/22/22: Pedestrian Safety

• 6/16/22: Comments to School Board: Safe Gun Storage

• 4/18/22: Pedestrian Safety

• 1/19/22: Budget & Policy Priorities

• 9/9/21: Letter to School Board: Urging ACPS to implement enhanced safety & health mitigation procedures, such as outdoor lunches, better ventilation in buses, reduced capacity in buses.

• 8/17/21: Letter to ACPS School Board: Urging COVID-19 surveillance testing in schools

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Other examples of advocacy we encourage our units to consider include:  

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• Discussing a topic of importance to your school community with ACPS & Alexandria City School Board

• Hosting an educational event at your school on an issue

• Providing comments to a school board meeting

• Working to implement strong family engagement policies 

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Resources:

• Have a question, concern, or comment you want to share with ACPS leadership? Community members can ask questions about division-wide issues to ACPS leaders at ask@acps.k12.va.us.

• To submit a letter to the Alexandria City School Board, use this link.

• To provide public comments to the Alexandria City School Board, use this link to register.

• Virginia PTA Advocacy Resources

• National PTA Advocacy Resources & Position Statements