I'm going to blow the dust off this thread, because I thought about a story at the elementary school. Albeit it's kind of a sad one.
But first I'll answer Murf's questions about districts. The high school was Bath County, the one I'm in now is Alleghany. They've recently experienced a merger with Covington City and are now known as Alleghany Highlands Public Schools. I'm hoping to eventually move to the high school or middle school one day. Although the school I work at isn't too bad and is only a 25 minute drive. It's calm, quaint and remote.
Now here's the story...and again a little warning it's sad...and a trigger warning if you're sensitive to the idea of child ghosts...if you think it's triggering feel free to skip this part...and go straight to the quoted response.
But I guess there was some flooding in that area once. A child, at least I think this is how the story went, got too close to the river, got swept in and drowned. I'm not sure how old they were, but it was tragic to hear.
After that, it's said that when they waxed the floors during the summer, they'd find footprints in the wax. Child size footprints. Without any other kids there over the summer, one might make an inference that it was the ghost of that child who died getting swept away. They must have loved that school so much they decided to haunt it.
I don't think it was that long ago it happened either, that's the odd part of it. But that's how I remember it being told to me.
I'm not sure if there's any other hauntings at the elementary school though. But I still remember the story of the little girl at Dollar General. So I guess unfortunately, child ghosts could happen. I know it's sad though.
Murfreesboro wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2023 8:32 pm
My husband worked in Augusta County when we were up there. Which district is yours?
He has taught both middle and high school. He has mostly been in high schools, but he says in some ways he prefers the middle schools. He says when they are that age, you can intervene to help them. When they are older, you see them making mistakes that will ruin their lives, and you can do nothing about it.
Virginia is spook central. I've heard dozens of ghost stories about Mary Baldwin and Washington and Lee.
I think that's one reason I want to work in the middle school. They still retain some childhood innocence, but they become more sophisticated in their speech that I feel like you can have some fun, intelligent conversations with them.
I remember working at the high school it was hard to reach some of the students there. There was a handful I felt I established a legitimate bond with though that I enjoyed working with.
I'd like to hear some the stories about Mary Baldwin and Washington and Lee. I've only been to Mary Baldwin's campus a couple times, but Staunton does seem like a good place for a good ghost story.
Indeed Virginia is spook central. I'm surprised there aren't more ghost enthusiasts around here. But I'm always eager to hear a good ghost story that takes place in the "real world." One day I'd like to check out Staunton's ghost tour. I did enjoy Lexington's after all and learned a lot about southern history!
I thought about Washington and Lee but I think they're really expensive and I'm not sure if they'd have the endorsements I'd need...I think that's what they're called. I'm still figuring this all out.
I was mostly in the elementary schools at the time. I couldn't tell you if those schools were haunted or not.