In 1917, after a superintendency that lasted 31 years, George Hulvey retired from the Rockingham County Schools. He was succeeded by John C. Myers, who came to a position from Broadway High School, where he had served as Principal. John C. Myers would serve even longer in this position, retiring in 1950 after a tenure of 33 years.

John C. Myers was a Rockingham county native, having been educated in the Broadway school. He was a graduate of Bridgewater College and held an advanced degree from the University of Virginia. He taught at the one-room Lone Oak school near Broadway and later became principal at Broadway High School, his alma mater. His first two appointments of four-year terms as superintendent were made by the State Board of Education and then by the Rockingham County School Board.

The development of a comprehensive high school program, an extensive building program, and the advent of the transportation system were all high points of the Myers superintendency. During his tenure, ten high schools were accredited and programs in agriculture, home economics and commercial instruction were added to the curriculum. An extensive building program was inaugurated, resulting in a long list of construction projects. They included the following:

1918-new buildings at Lacey Spring and Mt. Crawford
1919-new school at Genoa
1920-new High School building at Broadway
1921-rebuilding Dayton High School after fire
1922-new building at Tenth Legion and addition at Bridgewater
1923-new buildings at Singers Glen and Port Republic
1923-addition at Timberville, which included the first auditorium-gymnasium in the county
1925-new buildings at Mt. Clinton and Grottoes
1926-auditorium-gymnasiums built at Broadway and Dayton
1929-new buildings at Park and Timber Ridge
1933-additions built to Bridgewater and Broadway
1934-additions built to Singers Glen and Port Republic
1934-gymnasiums built at Elkton, Keezletown, Linville-Edom, and McGaheysville
1935-agriculture buildings and home economics cottage built at several high schools. In several cases, lumber was used from one-room schools that had been closed such as Simmers Valley, Garbers and Little North Mountain.
1938-new High School building at Elkton
1939-new building to replace Linville-Edom building destroyed by fire in February, 1939
1950-new building at Port Republic to replace building destroyed by fire in October, 1945
1950-first consolidated high school at Montevideo

All of this construction and modern school transportation resulted in the closing of nearly 40 schools during the John C. Myers superintendency. Before the county entered the transportation program with its first county owned bus in 1930, patrons in some communities operated their own buses and, earlier, their own horses and wagons. Throughout the 1930's, routes were added as the county purchased additional buses or offered contracts to drivers who operated their own buses. There were still some contract buses in operation into the mid-60's. By the time John C. Myers retired in 1950, the county operated 42 of their own buses and contracted for an additional 5 buses.

With the growth of the school system, the county schools operating budget increased from about $200,000 in 1917 to about $800,000 in 1950.

When John C. Myers turned over the reigns of the school system to Wilbur S. Pence in 1950, the Rockingham system had entered the modern era.