Washington Lee High School
| Washington-Lee High School | |
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1301 North Stafford Street Arlington, Virginia 22201 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°53′13″N 77°06′35″W / 38.886891°N 77.109690°WCoordinates: 38°53′13″N 77°06′35″W / 38.886891°N 77.109690°W |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1925 |
| School district | Arlington Public Schools |
| Principal | Gregg Robertson |
| Teaching staff | 134.83 (FTE ) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,203 (2013–2014) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.34 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gray |
| Athletics conference | National District Northern Region |
| Nickname | Generals |
| Rivals | Wakefield High School, Yorktown High School |
| Website | washingtonlee |
Washington-Lee High School (W-L) is one of three traditional public high schools in the Arlington Public Schools district in Arlington, Virginia, covering grades 9–12, the others being Yorktown High School, also in north Arlington, and Wakefield High School in south Arlington. It has consistently had a high standing in national and state rankings for college preparatory, with excellence in teachers, and distinction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and diversity. It is the only Arlington high school offering the International Baccalaureate Program. In the wake of the August 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia, white supremacist rally protesting the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, the Arlington County School Board is considering changing the name of the school to remove Robert E. Lee from it.
The school was named after two Virginians: Continental Army General George Washington and Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee.
Construction on Washington-Lee began in 1924, with the school opening in 1925 and graduating its first class in 1927. The architectural firm Upman & Adams designed the building in a simplified version of the Colonial Revival style. The school fronted on 13th St. N, which separated the school from its athletic field, eventually dedicated as Arlington County's War Memorial Stadium. In 1932, 41 classrooms, new offices, and another gym were added to the original building. A new wing and a large library with Palladian windows and two reading rooms were built in 1942 with WPA funds. The rifle range was also constructed in the shop area. In 1951, noted architect Rhees Burkett designed an addition that fronted on N. Quincy Street in the International Style. Along with the new Stratford Junior High School, it helped usher in a wave of contemporary commercial and school architecture that defined much of Arlington until the 1980s.
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