Robinson Secondary School - Layout

Layout

Although it has 9 acres (36,000 m2) of floorspace, the school's layout is relatively simple, as are most Fairfax County Schools. It consists of a main hallway that runs east-west and is over 1100 feet long, with three primary wings that extend to the north. Each wing has two floors, with each floor housing one of the six grades (each a "sub school" with about 700 students). Subschools are designated for each grade. (A wing- Subschool 7 upstairs, Subschool 8 downstairs. B Wing- Subschool 9 upstairs, Subschool 10 downstairs. C Wing- Subschool 11 upstairs, Subschool 12 downstairs.) Each sub school contains a locker area and administrative offices in the front, with the academic areas to the north. Exception: Subschool 10 is replaced by the library, the office is in a back hallway and there are less than 10 subschool classrooms.

Across the main hallway at the east end (across from grades 7-8), is another extensive two floored wing. This houses industrial arts, art, home economics, business, and foreign languages. Also along the main hallway are the two smaller hallways, Academic Hallway and High School Hallway that run perpendicular to the south of the main hallway, with classrooms and two large cafeterias on either side, which is directly south of grades 9-10. Music rooms are south of the cafeterias. Further west down the main hallway are the main administrative offices, across from grades 11-12.

At the west end of the main hallway, to the south, is the large gymnasium, the Harry M. Smith Field House, which has more than enough bleacher capacity to seat the entire student body. Three of the four sets of bleachers have full basketball courts underneath, the fourth is large enough, but is used for storage. There is a wrestling room, locker rooms, two weight rooms (one for highschool, one for middle school) and many storage rooms. On the south side of the field house are the athletic and P.E. locker rooms and athletics offices.

At the far west end of the main hallway is the octagonal Russell Theatre (formerly the "Little Theater", named for the school's second principal, Robert C. Russell), which hosts the numerous theatrical productions of Robinson's drama department as well as performances by the schools orchestras, choirs and bands. This northwest corner of the main hallway is the main entrance to the school. The outdoor athletic facilities are to the west.