13 High Schools

   Did you know we're about to tie our all-time record for most high schools?

   At one time in the early 20th century, Loudoun County had 13 high schools. In no particular order, they were Waterford, Round Hill, Purcellville, Middleburg, Lucketts, Hillsboro, Unison-Bloomfield, Lincoln, Lovettsville, Leesburg, Loudoun Training School (for blacks), Ashburn, and Aldie.

   Back in that day, a high school was not as easily defined. Some schools only had one year of high school curriculum! Some schools weren't fully accredited by the state. And some were only a high school for a couple of years before being demoted to the elementary level (Purcellville was only open one year as a high school)

This fall, we will reach 13 high schools again. This time, they will all be 4-year state accredited high schools.
The schools are: Loudoun County, Loudoun Valley, Broad Run, Park View, Potomac Falls, Stone Bridge, Heritage, Dominion, Freedom, Briar Woods, Tuscarora, Woodgrove, and now John Champe.

According to the current Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), we will finally defeat our record in 2015, when HS-6 and HS-8 open their doors.

(We have never gotten rid of a middle school, so every time we open a new middle school, we beat our previous record)

(We have yet to beat our elementary school record. It's hard to compete when over 100 one room schoolhouses were built)

Sources:
"High Schools Once Flourished Across Area" by Eugene Scheel
LCPS CIP

(I'm still on vacation. I'm in Alaska, and my connection isn't that good. Hope you're having a great summer!)