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The workshop of the Blue Ridge School Board on January 27th covered a lot of ground, giving all members ‒ and especially the 3 new ones ‒ an opportunity to examine some of the nitty-gritty of public school administration up close.  Board president Laurie Brown-Bonner started off a bit late, explaining that an executive session was held covering negotiations (on a contract with the teachers), and personnel with respect to the upcoming audit presentation.

She then asked Middle/High School Principal Matthew Nebzydoski to present his outstanding seniors for December.  Mark Oakley said he expects to study agriculture at Penn State beginning next Fall.  And Kelly Gordon wants to study communications, with a goal of a career in public relations.

Near the beginning of the January 27th Mountain View school board meeting two employees were recognized for their years of service, though neither was present at the time. Donna Jacoby and Ralph Welch were each honored for 10 years of service to the district; it was stated that someone would make sure they received their awards.

Matthew Georgettia and James Soya were present to provide an IT presentation. Some time before, Mr. Soya explained, they had come before the board discussing problems with Skyward and suggesting a change. They had returned that evening, nine months later, to provide an update. He spoke first about the transfer of health information from Healthmaster to the new system, Sapphire. This had been attempted multiple times already, unsuccessfully. The process had shown them various glitches and problems with the existing system. Having addressed these, another transfer was planned, which it was hoped would be successful. A board member asked about the transfers, and it was explained that external parties from Sapphire did the actual transfer, a process for which the school did not incur additional cost.

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