Dr. Hillary Stanifer has been named the Superintendent of Blue Ridge Schools and the Board of Education is expected to approve her at their board meeting next Wednesday.

Dr. Stanifer is in her third year as curriculum coordinator in the district and will take over the position July 1, 2020, for retiring Superintendent Susan Wilson. 

Dr. Stanifer previously served ten years as assistant principal and principal of Liberty Middle School in Edwardsville, IL and taught mathematics at both the high school and middle school levels. Just before coming to Blue Ridge, she was Assistant Principal at Garden Hills in Champaign for one year.