December was off to a good start with the construction team working its way out of the wet November. The roof trusses for the library and part of the Lower School were set; the concrete for the second floor of the Middle School was placed; and the brick work on the dinning hall had begun. Then came December 19. Along with the rest of Charlottesville, the jobsite was hammered with 22 inches of snow. English had men on site on Monday to begin plowing the roads at the Lower School. Once access to the jobsite was reopened, the subcontractors who could get out of their own homes arrived on site ready to work. Unfortunately, most had to shovel snow for days to access their respected areas of the jobsite. A week of progress was lost due to the blizzard of 2009.
