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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04 10 1945 PC MinutesALBEMARLE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MEETING OF BO-M APRIL LOTH, 1945 The following members of the school board met with the planning commission: Mr. Dorrier, Chairman of the Board, Mr. Baker, Mr. Henley, Mr. Duke, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Graham. Mr. Randolph opened the meeting with statement ths.t the members of the planning commission wanted to offer their assistance to the school board in securing better schooling facilities for the children of Albemarle County. Mr. Graham stated the school board had gone on record as favoring an equal white high school and colored high school program as serving the best interest of Albemarle County. Also, offering suggested for elementary schools has been approved by the board. Mr. Baker stated he felt the present county road debt should be cleared up before any more bonds were voted on for the schools, and that this debt should be paid off before we tried to sell the school program to the public. Mrs. Smith asked if it were necessary for the present elementary school offering to be so elaborate, and if it wouldn't be more difficult to sell such a great big program to the public at one time. Mr. Graham answered that elementary vocational training was felt quite important as children would be served by it who might never get to high school. The spending of $50,000 on an old building like Crozet was questioned. The answer was: "It would not be doing justice to all communities unless the elementary school programs were the same eversTwhere, and unless the elementary schools were properly repaired and rebuilt, it would be a waste of time and money. When this work is done, it should be done right." The school board was questioned as to whether they felt the estimates on the school buildings,.were properly hand-led-,-,and-Mr. Graham stated the figures were compiled by an experienced builder in the Norfolk area, and that the estimates were felt to be quite adequate. After much discussion of various phases of the school offering,it was agreed that Albemarle County needs an improved school system, and it was none too soon to start to work on trying to get this accomplished..The question then arose as to whether the public would vote on a bond issue to finance the proposed $2,000,000 school offering. The estimated tax increase to finance this bond issue would be, -between three and four dollars. The problem would then be how to sell such an increase in taxes to the voting public. Before such a job could be undertaken, it was felt necessary to have final definite figures on the school offering as well as absolute figures on the proposed increase in taxation. Several expressed the opinion that it would be doubtful whether such a program could be sold to the voting public. FI adjourned. There being no further business, the meeting was t�4� &� �� Secretary.