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Spring has barely arrived, yet the Blue Ridge School Board is debating the start of school for next Fall. It started a month ago when Superintendent Robert McTiernan offered up a calendar for the next school year and some Board members questioned the late start, again.

So at the Board’s workshop on March 31st, President Laurie Brown-Bonner polled administrators and her colleagues for their opinions: should school start before or after Labor Day?

Shortly after seven o’clock on April 2, 2014, Thompson Township held their monthly meeting, with nine members of the public in attendance and all of the members of the Council present. The minutes and treasury report were briefly reviewed before engaging in a lengthy meeting on the items on the agenda, which included employee drug testing, grant programs and new possibilities for the Township.

At last month’s meeting, the Council agreed to send a letter to their Attorney with questions regarding employee drug testing. A response was given stating that it would be in the Township’s best interest to conduct drug testing on their employees, full or part-time, CDL or non-CDL, as it is a safety concern. He also suggested they include details of the process inside their Employee Manual along with a required signature stating that employees read the manual.

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