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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.
The seven-member Fairfax County School Board included four Federal employees. In Blackwell v. Fairfax County School Board in 1960, black plaintiffs charged that the Fairfax grade-a-year plan was discriminatory and dilatory. Fifteen black children had been refused admission to white schools because they did not fall within the prescribed grades ...
Fairfax, Virginia (/ ˈ f ɛər f æ k s / FAIR-faks), [a] is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. [4] As of the 2020 census , the population was 24,146.
The Edison Academy is a career center where 10th-12th graders can take courses based on a career they want to pursue when they finish school. It helps them build the skills they need for a successful career. Edison High School is one of the selected schools in Fairfax County to have an academy center.
John R. Lewis High School is a public high school in Springfield, Virginia.It is a part of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and opened in 1958. The school was originally named Robert E. Lee High School (Lee High School) after Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, but starting at the beginning of the 2020–2021 school year it was renamed John R. Lewis High School after John Lewis, the ...
Langley's varsity Ice Hockey team has won 4 NVSHL Virginia State Championships, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024. In addition, they have appeared in the NVSHL Playoff 14 Consecutive time 2009 - 2024. [ 29 ] The team has also advanced on to the National Champions after there State wins for the past 3 years.
Westfield High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, west of the Chantilly CDP. [2] It is a part of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), serving students from the communities including Chantilly and Centreville as well as areas with Herndon addresses in grades 9–12. Opened in 2000, it is ...
With the adoption of the urban county executive form of government in a 1966 referendum, the chairman became an at-large position directly elected by county voters with a four-year term. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The county was again redistricted, with the Falls Church district abolished and the new Annandale and Springfield districts created, creating a ...