Blue Ridge School (Cashiers, North Carolina)
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Blue Ridge School is a public combined Elementary, Middle, and High School located in Cashiers, North Carolina
and is part of the Jackson County Public Schools System
. It is the smallest school in the district and resulted from the consolidation of the larger Glenville Elementary and High School and the smaller Cashiers Elementary School in 1975. The building consists of three 100' diameter round "pods," which have no permanent partitions, with one hallway for each radiating in to a central pod that houses a lobby and the school's front offices. The Gym is in one pod, and is cramped as the school has grown since the 1970s
. It was originally designed as a futuristic experiment, with open classrooms, which failed, and they were divided with cubbies bookcases and portable coat closets. Grades K-6 have the older "pod" buildings. The school is very similar to Fairview Elementary School in Sylva
, but Blue Ridge is smaller than Fairview, with no cafeteria, no stage, and the library isn't in a pod, as well as having grades 7-12 in two detached classroom buildings, making up the "Virtual Early College" component of the school. The other schools with a high school program in the county are Smoky Mountain High School
and Jackson County Early College
. Blue Ridge serves the towns of Cashiers
and Glenville
as well as the communities of Sapphire, Fairfield, and Whiteside Cove with public education. The school has decreased in size since Summit Charter School opened with Kindergarten-8th Grade in Cashiers in 1997, leading to many who would otherwise attend Blue Ridge to go to Summit instead. The school was built as an experiment in the 1970s that was deemed a failure but it still stands with bookcases and portable cabinets added as partitions in the 100' diameter "Pods" or round buildings.
Cashiers, North Carolina
Cashiers is a census-designated place and unincorporated village located in southern Jackson County, North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the community had a total population of 157. During the summer season , the population swells to 20,000...
and is part of the Jackson County Public Schools System
Jackson County Public Schools (North Carolina)
Jackson County Public Schools is a public school district serving Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. It is headquartered in the county seat of Sylva. The Jackson County School system is unique in the way that is still has a K-8 System with combined Elementary and Middle Schools, with one central...
. It is the smallest school in the district and resulted from the consolidation of the larger Glenville Elementary and High School and the smaller Cashiers Elementary School in 1975. The building consists of three 100' diameter round "pods," which have no permanent partitions, with one hallway for each radiating in to a central pod that houses a lobby and the school's front offices. The Gym is in one pod, and is cramped as the school has grown since the 1970s
1970s
File:1970s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: US President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office after the Watergate scandal in 1974; Refugees aboard a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; The 1973 oil...
. It was originally designed as a futuristic experiment, with open classrooms, which failed, and they were divided with cubbies bookcases and portable coat closets. Grades K-6 have the older "pod" buildings. The school is very similar to Fairview Elementary School in Sylva
Sylva, North Carolina
Sylva is an incorporated town located in central Jackson County, in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina, United States of America. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 2,588. It is the county seat, having taken over from nearby Webster in 1913.-Geography:Sylva...
, but Blue Ridge is smaller than Fairview, with no cafeteria, no stage, and the library isn't in a pod, as well as having grades 7-12 in two detached classroom buildings, making up the "Virtual Early College" component of the school. The other schools with a high school program in the county are Smoky Mountain High School
Smoky Mountain High School
Smoky Mountain High School is a public high school located in Sylva, North Carolina. The school formed as a result of the consolidation of the former Sylva-Webster High School and Cullowhee High School in 1988, at the Sylva-Webster Campus, which dates to 1960....
and Jackson County Early College
Jackson County Early College
Jackson County Early College is a public high school located in Sylva, North Carolina. It opened as an alternative to Smoky Mountain High School in 2008 for those students willing to put in extra work to also earn a community college 2-year degree along with their High School Diploma. Jackson...
. Blue Ridge serves the towns of Cashiers
Cashiers, North Carolina
Cashiers is a census-designated place and unincorporated village located in southern Jackson County, North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the community had a total population of 157. During the summer season , the population swells to 20,000...
and Glenville
Glenville, North Carolina
Glenville was a town located in the Hamburg township of Jackson County, North Carolina. It is now a popular lakeside vacation community with many second homes that sometimes are rented around Lake Glenville, which flooded and destroyed the town.-History:...
as well as the communities of Sapphire, Fairfield, and Whiteside Cove with public education. The school has decreased in size since Summit Charter School opened with Kindergarten-8th Grade in Cashiers in 1997, leading to many who would otherwise attend Blue Ridge to go to Summit instead. The school was built as an experiment in the 1970s that was deemed a failure but it still stands with bookcases and portable cabinets added as partitions in the 100' diameter "Pods" or round buildings.
External links
- https://www.jcps.k12.nc.us/SCHOOLS/BRS/Pages/default.aspx
- http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/59737
- http://www.greatschools.org/north-carolina/cashiers/1047-Blue-Ridge-School/