Timeline

• 1820 - Pace School - first school in Dana
• 1830 - Blue House Academy opened in Dana
• 1830 - Burns Creek School opened
• 1837 - School established at St. John’s in the Wilderness - Flat Rock
• 1850 - School at Big Willow opened
• 1850 - School opened at Pleasant Hill
• 1852 - Bunker Hill School opened
• 1861 - French Broad Meeting House (school) opened
• 1866 - Blue House School built in Dana (Blue Ridge Academy)
• 1866 - Hopewell School on Eades Rd in Etowah opened
• 1869 - Land donated by Arnold Ficker for school in Valley Hill community
• 1870 - School on Gap Creek Road (Bobs Creek) and school named Double Springs opened in Green River
• 1874 - Oak Forest School opened
• 1876 - Adams Run School opened in Big Hungry
• 1905 - One-room schoolhouse in Upward opened
• 1907 - First school called Dana School built
• 1908 - Valley Hill School established as Mrs. Dolly Morris (Beaumont Estates) gave a significant donation for renovations and classroom additions to Ficker School
• 1908 - East Flat Rock School opened
• 1909 - Mount Vernon (Dry Hill) School built 1837 - School established at St. John’s in the Wilderness - Flat Rock
• 1916 - First Tuxedo School opened
• 1923 - East Flat Rock School for Black Children built (a.k.a. Rosenwald School)
• 1924 - New Tuxedo School built - (Burned in 1929)
• 1925 - East Flat Rock School built
• 1930 - Tuxedo School rebuilt
• 1960 - Flat Rock Junior High opened - (Burned in 1971)
• 1972 - Flat Rock Junior High rebuilt
• 2003 - Construction and renovations