History
Blacksburg High School was founded in 1952 and was located at its location on South Main Street in Blacksburg, VA until a new school building was built in 1974. After moving out, the old building housed Blacksburg Middle School, but Blacksburg High School still returned to use the football stadium behind their original building until a new stadium was constructed in October 2008 behind the new Blacksburg Middle School. The original Blacksburg High School building was demolished in the Summer of 2011, 7 years after the middle school moved out.
In 2002 the mascot of Blacksburg High School was changed from the Indian to the Bruin after extensive debate and controversy. The corresponding middle school mascot, the Brave, was changed to the Titan.
On February 13, 2010 following a snowstorm which dumped two feet of snow on the area, the gymnasium roof on the currently occupied Blacksburg High School suffered a catastrophic structural failure and collapsed, causing structural damage to other areas of the school. The school building was condemned and students attended night school on a split schedule with the Blacksburg Middle School students at their school for the remainder of the year. It was determined that repair costs would exceed $18million and would not be feasible given the age of the school so it was decided not to repair the building. Currently, Blacksburg High School is operating on a normal schedule out of the Blacksburg Middle School building on 3109 Prices Fork Road.
Plans have been approved to construct a new Blacksburg High School at 2409 Prices Fork Road behind the current Blacksburg Middle School and Bill Brown Football Stadium and is tentatively scheduled to be completed and occupied in the fall of 2013.
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