A Superintendent by Another Name

Contrary to popular belief, Dr. Hatrick has not always been Superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools. There were others before him. Beginning 40 years ago, and for 19 years after that, the LCPS ship was steered through major changes by a man named Robert Butt, and local historian (and local treasure) Eugene Scheel published a story about his tenure recently; it's definitely worth your time to read from beginning to end.

When Loudoun Schools Closed the Book on the Past

The 1969-70 year marked the first school term in which more than a token number of black and white students and teachers would learn and teach together. It marked the end of an era in which the School Board hired teachers with no degrees or two-year degrees. It marked the opening of Broad Run, the first high school in lower Loudoun, where each week 100 new families were moving into a county of 36,000 people.

Kindergarten, middle schools, Head Start, a full education for the mentally and physically challenged -- these programs began and coalesced during Butt's 19 years as superintendent of schools.