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With the first days of the new school year behind them, Blue Ridge administrators thanked faculty and staff for the hard work that prepared the district’s classrooms to receive what is turning out to be a boost in enrollment. At the first meeting of the School Board for the new school year on September 10th, both High School/Middle School Principal Matthew Nebzydoski and Elementary School Principal Matthew Button reported increases of more than 20 in overall enrollment over last year; total enrollment is now pegged at 1,082, where the district had been expecting continued decline.

Administrators attributed the increases to the natural gas drilling and pipeline activity in the area, and Mr. Nebzydoski characterized as “unique to Blue Ridge” the opportunity to server a broader community of young people, many with distant origins. He said that the new students are distributed across the grade levels.

The county commissioners took a swift approach to clearing the agenda in the early morning hours of 9-12. Among the items for consideration, 9 members of the staff were approved for training in their area of expertise and Robert Stoud was named EMA coordinator for the Tropical storm Lee, Huricane Irene, and the hazard mitigation grant program.

Services in the area of child care were agreed upon between the county and Kidspeace national center in Schnecksville, and after some discussion for clearance as to the weekly hour allotment appointments in the areas of Judicial law clerk and prothonotary/clerk of courts were approved.

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