More than half of Botetourt County s main school buildings are 50-plus years old. County school leaders wrote the governor s office in August seeking advice on how to address the perennial
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Blue Ridge District Supervisor Billy Martin thanked first responders, educators, medical professionals and other essential workers for helping keep life relatively normal during the pandemic.
TROUTVILLE â A few hundred Botetourt County students get to celebrate two first days of school.
The countyâs original Colonial Elementary School, in Blue Ridge, said goodbye to its final group of students on Jan. 8, after about 80 years in service. Three miles away, the new Colonial Elementary opened its doors to pre-K through fifth grade students on Monday.
âWe are so excited for you to see this magnificent place that you get to learn in now,â Principal Tammy Riggs said in a morning flag-raising ceremony. âThis is not just for us, not just for you. Kids are going to be learning for decades and decades, here at this school. ⦠Itâs a gift. Itâs our job to take care of it.â