Arlington Public Schools
| Arlington Public Schools | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
|
1426 N Quincy St Arlington, Virginia 22207 United States |
|
| Information | |
| Type | Public, school division |
| School board | Nancy Van Doren, Chairman Barbara Kanninen, Vice Chairman James Lander, Reid Goldstein, Tannia Talento |
| School district | Arlington County |
| Superintendent | Dr. Patrick Murphy |
| Grades | Pre-K–12 |
| Enrollment | 25,768 (2015) |
| Website | http://www.apsva.us/ |
Arlington Public Schools is a public school division in Arlington County, Virginia. In 2015,Pre-K-12 student enrollment is 25,678 students. In 2015, the students had come from more than 120 countries. There were 2,166 teachers.
Forbes magazine named the Washington, D.C. and Arlington, VA area as the top place in the nation to educate one's child in 2007.
In fiscal year 2009, Arlington transferred $350.1 million to the public school system. Less than 20% of school funding comes from sources outside Arlington. In fiscal year 2016, close to $557.5 million is budgeted.
Hoffman-Boston was started in 1916 as a segregated black school. Schools started to be integrated in 1959. To avoid conflict, this was normally done at the younger grade levels first. Hoffman-Boston was integrated and is still in use today. It was the first public secondary school to be integrated in Virginia.
There is also a proposed new high school. Arlington County School Board member James Lander is leaning toward the Arlington Education Center site, adjacent to Washington-Lee High School. His Democratic challengers in the 2017 election have declined to state a preferred location.
In 2009, the student body was 48% white, 26% Latino, 13% black and 11% Asian.
The David M. Brown Planetarium is operated by Arlington Schools Planetarium for both Arlington school field trips and public multimedia programs. It offers shows for the general public Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the school year. The planetarium is named for astronaut David M. Brown, a graduate of Arlington's Yorktown High School who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.
The Arlington Outdoor Lab is a 225-acre outdoor facility operated by Arlington Schools and located in Fauquier County. In addition to a large classroom building, the lab facility has a pond, streams, small mountains, and forested areas.
...
Wikipedia