John Farr would have been the second-longest serving superintendent of schools in the last 100 years if he had retired when he initially planned?
- Farr, who came to the school system in 1952 to become an assistant principal at Southington High School, was promoted the following year to the newly-created position of assistant superintendent of schools under superintendent William Strong. Farr was named school chief when Strong retired in 1955. After a busy and constructive 14 years at the helm, Farr announced in early 1969 that he would be retiring at the end of the following school year. Days later he changed his plans - he would be leaving at the end of the current school year. If he had stayed on for that extra year, he would have served a total of 15 years, second only to Strong's 21 years. Only superintendents John Pyne and Louis Saloom have come close to Farr's number of years (14 and 13, respectively).
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As someone interested in history, I often wonder how Farr's career in Southington went unnoticed by those who seek to name things after people in town. From what I understand, 8 schools were constructed under Farr's years and he pushed very hard for the Vo-Ag center, now one of (if not the) best in the state. Both junior highs were built under his guidance - can't name an auditorium after him?
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