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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. The school has been featured in ''National Geographic'' magazine,〔M〕 and has received national recognition by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Baccalaureate program. President George W. Bush chose to speak there about education during the 2004-2005 school year. In 2006, then-principal Mel Riddile, former director Straight, Inc., drug rehabilitation program for teens, was chosen as the principal of the year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Riddile moved to T. C. Williams High School in neighboring Alexandria City at the end of the 05-06 school year. Assistant Principal Pamela Jones took his place and retired in 2012. The current principal is Penny Gros. Veteran math department chair Stu Singer retired in protest when Stuart administrators dismantled a remedial math program that had given Stuart the highest pass rate in the county. Singer later published a book on the program.〔Singer, Stuart Alan, (''The Algebra Miracle: The True Story of a High-Poverty School's Triumph in the Age of Accountability'' ), lulu.com (2012). ISBN 978-1105416323〕 Singer labeled the dismantling of this program “education malpractice that can only be described as unconscionable.” Math scores plummeted after the reorganization.〔Matthews, Jay, (''How administrators killed Fairfax school’s math success'' ), The Washington Post, 25 May 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.〕 Other successful programs were also dismantled. Faculty morale fell to the lowest in the county, and many teachers retired or transferred out in protest. In 2014, the district sent a support team to Stuart to help the beleaguered administration.〔Shapiro, T. Rees (''In Fairfax, Garza announces new support team at Stuart High amid low staff morale'' ) The Washington Post, 23 June 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.〕 In 2000, the school's music department began to gain prominence, being named a Blue Ribbon School for music by the Virginia Music Educators Association in 2003, 2006, and 2008. The school's band was named a Virginia Honor Band by the Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association in 2000, 2004, and 2006-2009. The band commissioned composer John Mackey to write a piece, which the band premiered on May 8, 2009 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the school. The school's top choir, the Madrigal Chamber Singers, were selected to perform at the Virginia Music Educators Association's annual conference in 2006 and 2008. Stuart has also hosted District X Band auditions annually since 2004, hosted the District X Orchestra event in 2005, and hosted Senior Regional Orchestra Auditions in 2007 and 2008. On April 22, 2015, Fairfax County Superintendent of Schools Karen Garza named Penny Gros as principal of Stuart High School. Penny Gros had previously been the principal of Glasgow Middle School, the middle school for the Stuart High School Pyramid. ==Demographics== In the 2011-12 school year, Stuart High School's student body was 44.73% Hispanic, 24.62% White, 16.21% Asian, 11.78% Black and 2.66% Other.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FCPS – School Profiles – Stuart HS – Demographics )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. E. B. Stuart High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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