Community celebrates opening of new middle school health center

Published 8:00 am Wednesday, January 16, 2019

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Polk County Board of Education Chairman Geoffrey Tennant (left) and Blue Ridge Health CEO Richard Hudspeth perform the ceremonial ribbon cutting for the new health center.

Polk County Schools, Polk County Local Government and Blue Ridge Health officials gathered at Polk County Middle School Monday night to celebrate the newly opened Polk County Middle School Health Center. The facility, located inside a renovated classroom inside the Mill Spring school, is designed to help the school’s nursing and support staff identify and treat student health issues. Polk County Middle School is the sixth such school-based health center operated by Blue Ridge Health.  (Photos by Ted Yoakum/Tryon Daily Bulletin)

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