of a 7-Eleven store and gas station, Pizza Hut, Panda West, High Up Food Mart, and a laundromat (which burned down on January 10, 2008). The housing around Sugarland Elementary School consists of town houses, apartments and single-family homes, while the housing around Meadowland Elementary is predominantly single-family homes. and over of walking paths. There is also a community swimming pool and playground situated across from the lake. The swimming pool is by , with a large diving well and a separate baby pool. Sugarland Run also is a geographical feeder to Dominion High School. Economy Sterling is home to many businesses and also serves as branch offices for many major companies. According to Manta, the following companies, with annual revenues of $20million or more, have headquarters in Sterling, Virginia: Neustar and Electronic Instrumentation and Technology. Companies that have a branch office or headquarters in Sterling, with a total number of employees over 1,000 or more are as follows: Alcatel-Lucent, Geo Trans, HR Solutions LLC, M.C. Dean, Inc., National Electronics Warranty Corp, Service Companies Inc, and Orbital Science. Federal agencies with offices in Sterling include U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. At one time, Atlantic Coast Airlines had its headquarters in Sterling. Education Currently, Sterling is home to three public high schools serving grades 9-12: Dominion High School, Park View High School, and Potomac Falls High School. Sterling also has three public middle schools serving grades 6-8: River Bend Middle School, Seneca Ridge Middle School, and Sterling Middle School. There are also twelve public elementary schools serving grades PK-5: Algonkian Elementary School, Countryside Elementary School, Forest Grove Elementary School, Guilford Elementary School, Horizon Elementary School, Lowes Island Elementary School, Meadlowland Elementary School, Potowmack Elementary School, Rolling Ridge Elementary School, Sterling Elementary School, Sugarland Elementary School, and Sully Elementary School. Higher education Northern Virginia Community College has a Loudoun campus on Harry F. Byrd Highway (Route7). Nearby, in Ashburn, The George Washington University has its Virginia Science and Technology Campus, established in 1991. Transportation The main arterial roads serving Sterling are Route28, West Church Road, South Sterling Boulevard, Leesburg Pike, Algonkian Parkway, Potomac View Road, Waxpool Road, and Cascades Parkway. Recreation Claude Moore Park occupies in Sterling and offers activities for people of all ages, with three main areas. Claude Moore Recreation Center contains an Olympic-size indoor pool, a children's