2001: Pat DeLuca announces retirement from North Scott School District

Jan. 10, 2001: North Scott superintendent Dr. Pat DeLuca announced he would retire, effective June 30. He had been hired in 1987 as the fifth superintendent of schools and would be the second longest tenured upon his retirement, behind Melvin Heiler, who served for more than 16 years. DeLuca said he made his decision the previous spring, and told the board he intended to fulfill his current contract during his annual evaluation in April of 2000. “My tenure in the school district is one I will always remember and cherish,” he wrote in his resignation letter. “The district has given me the opportunity to grow as a professional and a person. As Mary Ann (his wife) and I have said so many times, ‘It doesn’t get any better than this.’ I will always be grateful for the opportunity to have lived and worked with the adults and students of the North Scott Community School District.”