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=== Feeder pattern ===
Carson Middle School is a magnet school, and feeds into four high schools: Chantilly, Oakton, Westfield, and South Lakes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Region 13 Pyramid Maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1cSyK4bhVtUhda9k1nZsDyxsq5qc1uPXQFZlQkOLg8f6g7c-lqsswbB4&ll=38.72063199999999%2C-77.14350790000003&z=12 |access-date=2021-07-03 |website=Google My Maps}}</ref>
 
Elementary schools that feed into RCMS include Oak Hill, Floris, Coates, Crossfield, Navy, McNair, Lees Corner, and Fox Mill.
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==Walt Whitman Middle School==
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[[File:Walt Whitman Middle School front entrance.jpg|thumb|Walt Whitman Middle School in [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]]]]
Walt Whitman Middle School (is a middle school in [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]]. Whitman Middle School is located in Region 3, and feeds into [[Mount Vernon High School (Virginia)|Mount Vernon High School]].<ref name=":4" /> The school serves students in grades 7–87 and 8<ref>{{Cite web |title=FCPS -SCHOOL School ProfilesPROFILES - Whitman MS - SchoolWALT ProfileWHITMAN OverviewMIDDLE PageSCHOOL |url=https://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:50:::::P0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID,P0_EDSL:221,0 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=schoolprofiles.fcps.edu%3A50%3A%3A%3A%3A%3AP0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID%3A221}}</ref>) is located in Alexandria. It primarily feeds into [[Mount Vernon High School (Alexandria, Virginia)|Mount Vernon High School]]. The school is named after the poet [[Walt Whitman]]. Its mascot is the wildcat.
 
=== History ===
Walt Whitman Middle School and Mount Vernon High School received a $1.25 million STEM (Science, Technology, Energy, and Mathematics) grant to provide the resources to promote critical thinking in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, English, reading, the arts, and history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcps.edu/WhitmanMS/stem.html |title=FCPS – Whitman Middle School |publisher=Fcps.edu |date=2014-10-20 |access-date=2015-03-10}}</ref>
In 1958, Fairfax County began creating intermediate schools to create a smooth transition between elementary and high school. In 1959, Intermediate School #2 was officially named after American poet [[Walt Whitman]]. Whitman Intermediate was opened on September 5th, 1961, on Old Mount Vernon Road. In 1973, The school switched locations with [[Mount Vernon High School (Virginia)|Mount Vernon High School]]; this remained the school's location until 1985. Due to declining populations in the eastern side of the county, Whitman was closed. After rezoning, Stephen Foster (named for musician [[Stephen Foster]]) Intermediate was renamed Walt Whitman Intermediate in the fall of 1985. The original school existed school's inaugural principal was William D. McKinney. In 1990, Whitman Intermediate became Whitman Middle School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=School History: Stephen C. Foster Intermediate School {{!}} Fairfax County Public Schools |url=https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/history/closed/foster |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.fcps.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=School History {{!}} Walt Whitman Middle School |url=https://whitmanms.fcps.edu/about/history#:~:text=Walt%20Whitman%20Middle%20School%20opened,the%20county's%20first%20intermediate%20schools. |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=whitmanms.fcps.edu}}</ref>
 
=== Administration ===
The current principal of Whitman Middle School is John Flowers. Before being appointed principal in 2023, Flowers was the principal of the High School Ahead Academy. in the [[Houston Independent School District]]. He was also the principal at Highland Heights Elementary School in Houston ISD and an assistant principal in Houston ISD and [[Spring Independent School District|Spring ISD]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome, Principal Flowers! {{!}} Walt Whitman Middle School |url=https://whitmanms.fcps.edu/features/welcome-principal-flowers#:~:text=John%20Flowers%20has%20been%20appointed,Mr. |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=whitmanms.fcps.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christ |first=Erika |date=2023-08-25 |title=Walt Whitman Middle School welcomes new principal |url=https://mvonthemove.mystagingwebsite.com/walt-whitman-middle-school-welcomes-new-principal/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Mount Vernon on the MoVe |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
=== Academics ===
Walt Whitman Middle School is an [[International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program|International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP)]] World School. Whitman also has an [[Advancement Via Individual Determination|Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)]] program. Walt Whitman Middle School offers French, German, and Spanish foreign language classes<ref>{{Cite web |title=AVID {{!}} Walt Whitman Middle School |url=https://whitmanms.fcps.edu/academics/avid |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=whitmanms.fcps.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) {{!}} Walt Whitman Middle School |url=https://whitmanms.fcps.edu/academics/ib-myp |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=whitmanms.fcps.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FCPS SCHOOL PROFILE - WALT WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL |url=https://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108%3A50%3A%3A%3A%3A%3AP0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID%3A221}}</ref>.
 
=== Demographics ===
As of the 2023-24 school year, Whitman Middle School has a total of 819 students. The school is:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-23 |title=Whitman Middle |url=https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/whitman-middle |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Virginia School Quality Profiles |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 50.3% Hispanic or Latino
* 22.3% Black
* 17.2% White
* 4.3% Asian
* 3.7% Multiple Races
* 0.9% American Indian
* 0.7% Native Hawaiian
 
=== Feeder pattern ===
This is the current feeding pattern of Whitman Middle School<ref>{{Cite web |title=Region 3 Pyramids |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1uPXQFZlQkOLg8f6g7c-lqsswbB4&ll=38.72063199999999%2C-77.14350790000003&z=12}}</ref>.
 
[[Mount Vernon High School (Virginia)|Mount Vernon High School]]
* '''Walt Whitman Middle School'''
** Fort Belvoir Upper School
*** Fort Belvoir Primary School
** Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School
** Riverside Elementary School
** Washington Mill Elementary School
** Woodlawn Elementary School
** Woodley Hills Elementary School
 
==References==
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