Seniors graduate from ski academy

By John LaConte

VAIL — Seniors from the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy Class of 2016 were officially graduated on Friday at Donovan Pavilion.The Class of 2016 launched the middle school at the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy in 2009, and while not many of the 10 who walked on Friday were part of that original sixth-grade class, the significance of their graduation was not ignored. Principal Geoff Grimmer told those in attendance that in 2009, the school’s third year of existence, enrollment numbers were predicted at only 32 students after starting Year 1 with 31 students. “With VSSA’s enrollment stagnant … there …

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