COVID-19 kept Piedmont Community Charter School from formally marking the completion of its new high school campus in Gastonia, but all of the school’s students are finally enjoying it together.
“It’s an absolute dream come true,” said Jennifer Killen, Piedmont Charter’s head of school who began working at the school 19 years ago as a teacher’s assistant. She never imagined she would have a hand in building a new high school campus. “My heart is just full of gratefulness.”
Here are several key takeaways from the new campus:
Charter school s largest investment
Piedmont Charter’s new campus cost the school $20 million and features a 70,000-square-foot school building with 32 classrooms on two floors, a full-sized gymnasium for basketball and volleyball games, as well as physical education, a fine arts auditorium with more than 300 seats and an outdoor soccer field.
Gaston County Police Department’s administrator of Animal Care and Enforcement resigned last month after six years in the position.
Dr. Kristine Blankenship, a licensed veterinarian for more than two decades, began her role with Gaston County on Jan. 5, 2015. She resigned on March 5, 2021, according to county records, upon starting a new position elsewhere, according to Gaston County Manager Kim Eagle.
Blankenship, a former instructor at Gaston College’s Veterinary Technology program, earned a salary of $97,924 when she left the county.
As administrator, Blankenship was responsible for managing operations at the county animal shelter, where dogs and cats are available for adoption. She managed nine employees directly, including the shelter s supervisor, Tyler Moore, who also supervises a staff of nine.
It s warmer. It s safer. And it s warmer.
Uh, Michelle. That s only two reasons. No, she answers. It s three. Warmer. Safer. And Warmer.
For those unfamiliar, Pledge 2 Plunge is the Y s biggest fund-raising event of the year.
Teams representing businesses and community organizations raise money through pledges for the pleasure of leaping off the Y dock and plunging into the chilly waters of Robinwood Lake.
And, by all accounts, those waters are indeed chilly, but they ll likely be at least a little warmer on the last Saturday in April than they would have been on the first Saturday in March. We had considered doing a virtual event, said Christa Heilig, chairwoman of the Y s board of directors. But the fun comes from seeing people actually dive into that water and watching them come back out.
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