Record Group 7 contains the incomplete and unoffical records of the Arlington County Virginia School system. Most of the records are from the period 1946-1988. Materials include information on School Board candidates, architectural reports and site studies for school buildings, school personnel handbooks, salary and retirement information from the 1950s, reports of citizen advisory councils and task forces on instructional issues (1950s through 1970s)...

During Henry Gardner's tenure, the school system and the County experienced tremendous changes. In 1959, the County began integration, a process not completed until 1971 when the last two all Black schools were desegregated. Gardner also witnessed the influx of immigrant children and the challenges this brought to the school system. This collection contains material related to personnel issues in the Arlington County Public Schools including salary,...