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For the first time as long as anyone can remember, Blue Ridge will start classes next year in September, the day after Labor Day. The state has been pressuring school districts to conform to this policy, traditional where winters are less severe, and now Blue Ridge is going along.

At the Blue Ridge School Board workshop on February 25th, Superintendent Robert McTiernan offered a calendar for the next school year that would have teachers arrive the last week in August for in-service training. The new calendar, so far just a work-in-progress, would also have ended classes for the Fall term on Monday, December 23. Instead, the Board asked Mr. McTiernan to rework the schedule so that the winter hiatus would begin after classes on Friday, December 20, and begin again for the Spring term on Thursday, January 2, 2014.

The Career and Technology Center meeting was first on February 21st, when the board of the SCCTC and Elk Lake convened.

Recognition was made of achievement early in the meeting.

County Commissioner Alan Hall stood up and gave an introduction, thanking the board for allowing him the time. He stated that acknowledging youth was one of the pleasures of his job. He said that everyone should be truly proud of the youth, and that the school and the parents should be proud of their support of them. Representative Tina Pickett and Representative Sandy Major wanted to be there as well, he continued, but both were in Harrisburg that night. They had, however, sent along their congratulations, and recognition documents. Commissioner Hall read the acknowledgments aloud, beginning with the House of Representatives citation. The students being acknowledged were the Elk Lake High School girls cross country team, who captured the 2012 District 2 Class A PIAA state title. The citation acknowledged the members of the team, and the coaches. There was a copy of the citation for each of the girls. Mr. Hall also read certificates of commendation from the county commissioners.

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