After 8 years on the ACPS School Board, I've never seen a budget shortfall like this. Here are the 23 questions I submitted to staff before final FY27 adoption.

Kelly Carmichael Booz calls for transparency and public discussion before the Alexandria City Council considers a major change to how ACPS school funding is appropriated.

January 15, 2026 By: Kelly Carmichael Booz, District B A new home for ACPS School Board updates If you’ve been following my School Board posts this fall, you know I’ve been hinting at something new. It’s here. acpsschoolboard.com is now live. We built this site after hearing the same thing again and again during redistricting: People want context. Not just the final vote, but how we got there. When decisions span multiple meetings, maps, and data sets, it helps to have a sin