| Fort Hunt High School | |
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| Address | |
| 8428 Fort Hunt Road Alexandria, Virginia 22308 |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Status | now Carl Sandburg Middle School |
| Closed | 1985 |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Green and gold originally green and white |
| Mascot | Federals |
| Feeder schools | Stephen Foster Intermediate School |
| Rival Schools | Groveton High School Mount Vernon High School |
Fort Hunt High School was a public secondary school near Alexandria, Virginia located at 8428 Fort Hunt Road and was part of Fairfax County Public Schools. It opened its doors in 1963. In 1985, due to declining enrollment, Fort Hunt and nearby Groveton High School were combined to form West Potomac High School (located on Groveton's campus) with Fort Hunt's campus being converted into Carl Sandburg Middle School (which replaced Stephen Foster and Bryant Intermediate Schools).
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The school paper was called The Frontline.
Completed in January 1970, the planetarium suffered considerable smoke damage in the 1978 school fire. Following its renovation, it returned to service and is still in use today (at Sandburg Middle School).[1] Lee Ann Henning was Fort Hunt's planetarium teacher until the school closed in 1985 and she transferred to West Potomac (classes periodically commuted to Sandburg to use the planetarium).[2] In the fall of 1988, Henning transferred to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, where she teaches to this day.[3]
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