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The district operates two school buildings: Homer-Center Elementary (grades K-6) and Homer-Center Junior/Senior High School (grades 7–12) with a total enrollment of 964 students, grades K-12. The district's high school building currently accommodates 491 students, while the elementary has an enrollment of 473 students.
From 1965 to 2006, the county school system was headquartered at 10700 Page Avenue in an unincorporated area of the county surrounded by the City of Fairfax. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] In 2006, FCPS moved all of its operations from the Burkholder Center and several other school-owned and leased offices to the office building on Gatehouse Road.
Katherine Johnson Middle School (Region 5, [1] grades 7-8 [49]) is a City of Fairfax and Fairfax County Public Schools AAP (FCPS Advanced Academics Program) Center-based middle school serving grades 7-8 in Region 5. The school is owned by the City of Fairfax, but implements Fairfax County Public Schools' "educational services, staffing ...
The Homer-Center High School serves grades 7-12, and is located just south of the district's elementary school on Wildcat Lane. Originally constructed in 1959, at a cost of $2.1 million, the building underwent its second complete renovation from 2008-10. [2]
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School [117] and Backlick Run adjoins the neighborhood. [110] A small mixed-use business development contains retail space. [118] Many streets in the neighborhood honor people who were associated with the former military installation, including General Somervell. [108]
Fairfax County Public Schools operates area public schools. [3] Public schools within the CDP include: Canterbury Woods Elementary School (Annandale postal address) [4] Wakefield Forest Elementary School; Holy Spirit School, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington, is in Wakefield CDP. [3] It has an Annandale postal address. [5]
Fairfax is located close to the geographic center of Fairfax County, at (38.852612, −77.304377 According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.3 km 2 ), of which all but 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2 ) is land.
Principal of the High School(9-12): Douglas VanEtten [2] Vice Principal of the High School: James McGory [3] Principal of the Junior High School(7-8): Kara Schneider [4] Principal of the Intermediate School(3-6): Stephanie Falls [5] Principal of the Elementary School(K-2): Douglas A. Pasquerella [6]