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The school system has expanded to include over 196 schools and centers, including 22 high schools, three secondary schools, 23 middle schools, and 141 elementary schools. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) also operates a fleet of over 1520 school buses, which transport 110,000 students daily.
An advertisement for Fairfax County, which ran in The Wall Street Journal. In 1956, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors formed an advisory group on economic development called the Industrial Development Commission. This group existed until 1964 when the Virginia General Assembly acted to create the Fairfax County Industrial Development ...
All of the K-12 school districts are classified as dependent public school systems by the U.S. Census Bureau. [2] Each public school division is associated with one or more of the counties , independent cities and incorporated towns in Virginia, with major portions of their funding (and in many instances other services) provided through those ...
Department Of Education Warns That Public Schools Must Remove Dei Policies Or Lose Federal Funding The U.S. Department of Education building is seen on August 21, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
The school board chose Thomas Jefferson High School as the location for the new magnet school in June 1984 [11] and approved the funding in February 1985. [12] The school was originally intended to only serve Fairfax County students, but after Virginia governor Charles S. Robb chose Fairfax County as the location of a regional science and ...
Since 2008, states have reduced their school funding from taxes by 12%, the most pronounced drop on record. [13] The majority of targeted school funding reforms have been in response to court orders, often due to lawsuits. [14] Despite some efforts to improve school funding, 60% of schools report that their facilities need repair. [15]
Herndon High School is a fully accredited four-year public high school in Herndon, Virginia, United States. [3] Herndon serves grades 9-12 and is a part of the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system. Herndon High School serves the town of Herndon and the northern part of the unincorporated community of Reston.
The school is owned by the City of Fairfax, but implements Fairfax County Public Schools' "educational services, staffing, transportation, and food services." [50] NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson [51] is the school's namesake. Until 2021, the school was named for American poet and Confederate soldier Sidney Lanier.