The Forsyth County School System opened the 2021-22 school year Aug. 9 with more than 90 percent of students opting for face-to-face instruction within the district’s 40 school buildings.
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ELIZABETHTON â It appears that a mountain bike project on the Hampton Springs Watershed is receiving support from both City Council members from Elizabethton and county commissioners from Carter County.
The latest incident of cooperation was on display Monday evening in the meeting of the Budget Committee of the Carter County Commission. The Budget Committee voted to recommend the county donate $75,000 to city-owned property at the watershed to help expand a mountain bike trail system.
Wesley Bradley, trail liaison with the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association, discussed the various phases of trail development on the 238-acre hilly watershed property the city owns in Hampton, just blocks from Hampton High School and Hampton Elementary School. Although the property is several miles from Elizabethton, the city owns it because the springs flowing in the city provide over half of the cityâs drinking water. The city acquired part of the property when it appeared the land was
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Jun 16, 2021 | 6:12 PM
A mama duck and her 13 ducklings were led from the Hampton Elementary school courtyard outside to the marsh. (Image: Sarah Blanchard)
Students at Hampton Elementary School were able to see the successful relocation of a duck family.
Ducks have been nesting in the school’s courtyard for five years.
Principal Sarah Blanchard said the students are able to watch the process.
“There is a window that looks into the courtyard as the exact spot just outside where the mama duck nests. She chooses almost the same spot every year,” Blanchard said.
Blanchard said the students check on the duck every day excited to see the progress.