Fort Hunt High School was a public secondary school in Alexandria

Alexandria, Virginia

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, Virginia

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 located at 8428 Fort Hunt Road and was part of Fairfax County Public Schools

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. 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

West Potomac High School

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 (located on Groveton's campus) with Fort Hunt's campus being converted into Carl Sandburg Middle School

Carl Sandburg Middle School

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 (which replaced Stephen Foster and Bryant Intermediate Schools).

Planetarium

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). 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). In the fall of 1988, Henning transferred to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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, where she teaches to this day.

Notable alumni

• J. Edward Coleman, '69 — Chief Operating Officer, Gateway, Inc.
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• Robert C. Michelson
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  , '69 — Principal Research Engineer Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology
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  , founder of the International Aerial Robotics Competition
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• Wiley A. Schell, '69 — Director, Medical Mycology Research Center of the Duke University
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   Medical Center
• Carl C. Perkins
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  , '72 — Member of the United States House of Representatives
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   from the 7th district
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   of Kentucky
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  , 1983–1993.
• Wendy B. Lawrence
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  , '77 — NASA
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   astronaut. Participated in Space Shuttle
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   missions on the Endeavour
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   (March 1995), Atlantis
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   (September 1997), and Discovery
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  (June 1998 and July 2005).
• Steve Woehrle, '78 — Drummer for indie power pop band The Neighbors.