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The public school system in Fairfax County, Virginia, was created following the end of the Civil War with the adoption by Virginia of the Reconstruction-era state constitution in 1870, which provided for the first time that free public education was a constitutional right. The first superintendent of schools for Fairfax County was Thomas M ...
The Fairfax County Public Schools, part of the government of Fairfax County, also serve the City of Fairfax under a contract between the city and county. [ 3 ] The Greensville County Public Schools also serve the City of Emporia .
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.
George C. Marshall High School is a public school in Falls Church, Virginia. Named for General George C. Marshall , it opened in 1962 and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). It is ranked #245 in the nation for public schools and has received a gold award for Best High Schools from the U.S. News & World Report 2020. [ 5 ]
Thomas Jefferson High School was constructed and opened in 1964. [7] [8] Fairfax County Public Schools' superintendent William J. Burkholder and his staff began working on the idea of a science high school in 1983 with advice from the superintendent's business/advisory council. [9]
High schools in Fairfax County, Virginia (10 C, 33 P) Pages in category "Schools in Fairfax County, Virginia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the mostly white, Republican district ...
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 ...