Talk:Alexandria, Virginia

schools

As a resident of Alexandria i noticed that the school listed are out of date as their are two more schools and one that goes from kindergarten to 8th grade this school is Jefferson Houston (JH for short). the second school you missed is Francis c Hammond it is a elementary school also be ready for the future as TC Williams (TC for short) is being renamed. thank you and please fix this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chippypeddays (talk • contribs) 17:06, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Chippypeddays, I believe I have updated Alexandria, Virginia § Education to be more current and include a note about the future renaming. You're always welcome to edit the page itself if you want or ask for help with potential edits. Skynxnex (talk) 21:39, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Self-explanatory sentence tagged with how

Prohibition closed a brewery in 1916. How? Take a wild guess. When discussing the word "Prohibition" in any article involving the United States, it always refers to the prohibition of alcohol, which is common knowledge. -- Miwa * talk * contribs ^_^ 23:21, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

I'm willing to bet that by now there are young people in the United States who don't know even highlights of the country's history from a century ago. In addition, this is not American Wikipedia. I would imagine there were events and terms of comparable importance to Danes, Indonesians, and Ethiopians that took place during the first third of the twentieth century that you know nothing about. Largoplazo (talk) 02:34, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Update for Brooks - two notable Alexandrians

A noted Wikipedia man now has a notable spouse and they should be linked by one of

> >- JUST HAPPENED > > See Gen. Leo A. Brooks Sr. - Wikipedia his wife Naomi L. Brooks just had a elem school named after her > > - > > see School Board Approves New Names For T.C. Williams, Maury Schools | Old Town > > Alexandria, VA Patch

https://patch.com/virginia/delray/s/hifda/school-board-approves-new-names-for-t-c-williams-maury-schools?utm_source=nearby-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert

108.51.211.133 (talk) 18:26, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Geography Map is mislabeled

The Map in the Geography Section with the caption "Adjacent jurisdictions on a map of the greater Alexandria region" is mislabeled. The area marked "Alexandria" is not Alexandria, but actually part of Fairfax County. Alexandria is located farther north, north of I-495, not south of it. Likewise, "Falls Church" and "Arlington" are in the wrong places. Both locations are much farther north, so far north that both locations aren't on the map. 216.24.45.35 (talk) 04:51, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, you're absolutely right. "Arlington" was positioned at the south edge of the city of Alexandria, and "Falls Church" was way too far south. I've removed the map. If someone else wants to come along and restore it after fixing the label locations in the template, that will be fine. I don't have the time to tinker with that. Largoplazo (talk) 09:49, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

New rec centers?

Recently, the City of Alexandria got a new rec center at Minnie Howard (https://www.alexandriava.gov/aquatics/minnie-howard-aquatics-facility), so it would seem to be appropriate to update the total number of rec centers to be 11, and include a short blurb about the new pool.

(I work for the City of Alexandria, as a heads up. Not being compensated for this in any way, just came across the Wikipedia page while browsing and noticed that it was inaccurate)

StellarOctoberSkies (talk) 23:28, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Proposed changes to "Parks and Recreation" tab

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Alexandria has over 900 acres (3.6 km2) of protected open space with 566 acres of city-owned park land and 10 recreation centers, of which Chinquapin is one of the largest. Chinquapin offers facilities for swimming, tennis, racquetball, and other sports. The city also organizes several sports leagues throughout the year including volleyball, softball and basketball.

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Alexandria has over 900 acres (3.6 km2) of protected open space with 566 acres of city-owned park land and 11 recreation centers, of which Chinquapin is one of the largest. Chinquapin offers facilities for swimming, tennis, racquetball, and other sports. Additionally, on March 19th, 2024 a year round recreation center opened inside of the Minnie Howard campus of [[Alexandria City High School]], with a competition size swimming pool and a therapeutic training pool. The city also organizes several sports leagues throughout the year including volleyball, softball and basketball.

• Reason for the change: A new recreation center was opened in 2024 with the extensive renovation of Minnie Howard high school. It is larger than Chinquapin, and is the second public indoor pool in the City of Alexandria. The change from 10 --> 11 recreation centers is factual, and the addition of information regarding the pool at Minnie Howard appears relevant given it's size.
• References supporting change: This press release from the City itself. Although a primary source, I feel it is at least somewhat relevant as it is cited by every other secondary source. This short news article also supports this change. There is also this article regarding the renovations as a whole. There is not a good source that is not just regurgitating what the City press release said, but given anyone walking into the Minnie Howard pool can see that there is a competition size pool, and a therapeutic training pool, I think that is acceptable.
• Conflict: I am employed by the City of Alexandria, but I am not receiving compensation for anything relating to Wikipedia, I simply noticed an inaccuracy that needed updating.

StellarOctoberSkies (talk) 12:37, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

 Done Encoded  Talk 💬 21:39, 27 May 2025 (UTC)