JEB Stuart High School
| J.E.B. Stuart High School | |
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 J.E.B. Stuart High School
J.E.B. Stuart High School
J.E.B. Stuart High School
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3301 Peace Valley Lane Falls Church, Virginia 22044 |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1959 |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | Penny Gros |
| Staff | approximately 180 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,985 (2016) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red, white, and blue |
| Mascot | Raiders |
| Feeder schools | Poe Middle School |
| Rival schools | Falls Church High School |
| Athletic conferences |
National District Northern Region |
| Website | http://www.fcps.edu/StuartHS |
Coordinates: 38°51′24.49″N 77°8′58.1″W / 38.8568028°N 77.149472°W
J.E.B. Stuart High School is a high school in Fairfax County, Virginia named for Confederate cavalry leader J.E.B. Stuart. The school is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools district. The school has a Falls Church address but is not located within the city limits of the City of Falls Church.
At the time the school opened, the Fairfax County school board was opposing racial integration of its schools and the name reflected the school board's sentiments.
According to the above footnote: "In Fairfax County, .... they defiantly named their next two high schools after Confederate army generals—J.E.B. Stuart and Robert E. Lee." This is proven wrong in the School Board meeting minutes of 5/20/1958. Lee High School was simply named "Lee" for the Lee district. The naming of High Schools in order were Lee, (for the Lee district) Jeb Stuart and James Madison in 1958. Thomas Edison, George Marshall, and W.T. Woodson in 1960, Thomas Jefferson in 1962. Out of the 7 High Schools named only one was for a confederate. In 1963 Lee was renamed at the request of the SPTA. (SB minutes 7/16/63). That was six years later.
Regarding Fairfax County's reaction to Brown: It was not Fairfax County's choice either before or after 1954. Fairfax County Schools like most Southern Schools were under De jure segregation. After the Brown VS Board of education decision Daniel Duke who authored Education Empire wrote: "Whether local school systems such as Fairfax County left to their own, would have moved forward to implement desegregation in the late 50's will never be known. Richmond removed any possibility of local option." it was recognized in court cases that it was the state who was running the show, not the county. They didn't have a choice. In the Virginia General Assembly: Delegates from Northern Virginia openly opposed the Stanley plans as well as calls for even more radical legislation.
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