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Comprehensive Plan Compliance Application
Applicant: Albemarle County Public Schools
Project Name: Albemarle Tech – Center for Creativity and Invention
Location: 1180 Seminole Trail; Charlottesville, VA 22901
Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) proposes to lease a space at 1180 Seminole Trail to use
as the Division’s Learning Engineering, Access and Design (LEAD) Department administrative
offices, professional development training space and a student center. The student center will
be open to the Division’s high school students to earn course credit on independent projects and
focus on internships with businesses in the common development and surrounding area. The
first year will focus on high school seniors and be open to other high school grades in
subsequent years. The portion of the property to be leased by ACPS at 1180 Seminole Trail is
approximately 40,000 SF – a small portion of the total 500,000 SF facility. Primary drivers for
leasing the space at 1180 Seminole Trail is the central location and accessibility of other
businesses leasing space at the property for potential internships for Albemarle Tech students.
The goal is to occupy the space by August 1, 2018.
Students and staff would primarily travel to the site via personal vehicles with limited
transportation by small buses. Vehicles and buses would primarily be entering the site from
Route 29 to Greenbrier Drive. Limited traffic, primarily professional development training
attendees from Albemarle High School, Jouett Middle School and Greer Elementary School may
travel from Hydraulic Road to the Commonwealth Drive entrance. Student activity during the
summer months would be limited, while the administrative office functions and professional
development spaces would continue to operate.
The proposed location is aligned with the Comprehensive Plan by fulfilling an ACPS facility need
in an existing building in a Development Area while using an innovative alternative to address a
facility need. The location encourages a more thoughtful and strategic connection between our
staff, teachers and students to the surrounding community through creative collaborations.
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Table 1 describes the three main functions of the space in more detail.
Table 1: ACPS Functions in 1180 Seminole Trail Facility
Function Approximate
Number of People
Frequency of
Access
Traffic Impacts
Administrative Offices for
LEAD
30 Daily Typical work day with visits to
school locations as needed
Professional Development
Training Space
Max 150 Weekly Teachers and administrative staff
visiting facility from various
school locations and County
Office Building
Student Center First Year = 20 - 40
Max = 150
Daily Students visiting facility
throughout the day for variable
lengths of time depending on
studies and traveling to
internship sites; most
transportation will be by student
vehicles but may include small
buses for transporting students