Rockingham County Schools News Release • May 6, 2022 • A. Powell
(Rockingham County, NC) – Rockingham County Schools Executive Director of Human Resources Dr. Kenneth Scott is retiring from the RCS District effective June 1, 2022. He is retiring after nearly 32 years of service to students and staff of numerous school districts and schools throughout the state of North Carolina.
“Dr. Kenneth Scott has been a true asset to Rockingham County Schools,” said RCS Superintendent Dr. Rodney Shotwell. “He was an outstanding principal, and an innovative and forward-thinking leader for our Career and Technical Education program. He has made a difference in so many kids’ lives that we will never be able to say thank you. We wish Dr. Scott the very best in his future endeavors. He will be missed.”
Dr. Scott has had a long and distinguished career in public education, starting back on August 15, 1991, where he began his career with Onslow County Schools as a Art Instructor at Swansboro High School. In 1993, Dr. Scott joined Pitt County Schools as an Art Integration Instructor at C.M. Eppes Middle School. He worked for Pitt County Schools through 1996, including a stint at Ayden-Grifton High School as an Art Instructor.
In 1996, Dr. Scott joined Nash County Schools, serving as an Assistant Principal at Southern Nash Jr. High School through the 1998-1999 school year. On July 1, 1999, Dr. Scott came to Rockingham County to serve as the Principal at Western Rockingham Middle School. He served five years at WRMS before accepting a position as RCS’s Director of Middle Grades on July 1, 2004.
After serving eight years as RCS’s Director of Middle Grades, Dr. Scott became Director of Career and Technical Education at RCS in addition to Director of Middle Grades on July 1, 2012. On October 1, 2014, Dr. Scott became RCS’s Director of CTE and Classified Staff.
After receiving his Doctorate in 2015, Dr. Scott became Interim Executive Director of Human Resources on September 11, 2020, and became Senior Executive Director of Human Resources at RCS on February 9, 2021. A graduate of East Carolina University with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Arts Education, Dr. Scott was a North Carolina Teaching Fellows recipient, and went on to earn a Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership and a Doctorate from the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
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