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However, life at Scott
High School for the daughter of the principal was a not
always easy. Living directly in the shadow of a parent never
is, especially when that parent runs the joint.
“For the first two years,
I didn’t see her in school,” recalls Jeffries. “She stayed
pretty much under the radar. She doesn’t want much
attention.”
Of course as other
students found out that Blake’s mother was the principal,
she sometimes received that unwanted attention. “With her
getting the grades, sometimes it got worse,” says Jeffries.
“Sometimes she got discouraged, but she always kept her eye
on the scholarships. I used to get a little upset because
she could get bullied.”
By the time she was a
senior, Blake had clearly overcome her reluctance to draw
attention to herself. She ran for Homecoming Queen and won,
working just a little harder, says Jeffries, than any other
student might have. “Everything she did, she had to do a
little harder.” Blake also was a Debutante this year in the
annual Cotillion.
Now Blake is off to
Florida, not an easy weekend visit for the proud mom. It’s
part of the plan, however.
“She wants to be her own
person, so she can be Blake Minter, “says Jeffries. “I
support that.”
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