Graduation was this past weekend and the last day of school is Thursday for Blue Ridge Schools.

As the district transitions to summer, there's still a need for summer programming coming out of COVID says Superintendent Dr. Hillary Stanifer. On the WHOW Morning Show Monday, Dr. Stanifer told Regional Radio the COVID dollars they received will help fund this effort.

Dr. Stanifer says while some of the summer is focused on curriculum recovery, there is a component that will simply be transitional for students focusing on things like preparing for an entire school day and the work that goes into being a student at certain levels.

Dr. Stanifer says the benefits to some of the consequences of COVID that are rearing its ugly head is that they have a small number of students to focus on so they can give them all the attention they need to help them adjust and get back on track coming out of COVID.