1989-05-04 adjMay 4, 1989 (Adjourned Meeting)
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An adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County,
Virginia, was held on May 4, 1989, at 4:00 P.M., Albemarle High School Media
Room, Hydraulic Road, Charlottesville, Virginia. This meeting was adjourned
from May 3, 1989.
PRESENT: Messrs. Edward H. Bain, Jr., F. R. Bowie, Walter F. Perkins
(arrived 4:07 P.M.) and Peter T. Way.
ABSENT: Mrs. Patricia H. Cooke and Mr. C. Timothy Lindstrom.
OFFICERS PRESENT: County Executive, Guy B. Agnor, Jr.
Agenda Item No. 1. The meeting was called to order at 4:09 P.M. by the
Chairman of the School Board, Mr. Charles Tolbert.
Agenda Item No. 2. Presentation by School Long Range Planning Committee.
Mr. Cliff Haury, Chairman of the Committee, introduced the members of the
committee, as follows: Mr. David Bowerman, Chairman of the Albemarle County
Planning Commission; Mr. Doug DeGood, Parent; Mr. Roy Thomas, Parent; Mrs.
Sally Thomas, League of Women Voters; Mr. Charles Tolbert, Chairman of the
Albemarle County School Board; Mr. Andy Overstreet, Division Superintendent;
Mr. David Papenfuse, Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance; Mr.
John T. P. Horne, Director of Planning and Community Development; Mr. Wayne
Cilimberg, Chief of Community Development; and Mr. Robert W. Tucker, Jr.,
Deputy County Executive. He also noted hisl appreciation to Mrs. Charlotte
Self, Clerk of the School Board, and to Ms. Sandra Morris, Secretary, who had
"endured" through all of the revisions and retyping of the report. He thanked
all of the members of the Committee who worked on the report for over ten
months. He said they were much more dedicated than any consultant would have
been.
Mr. Haury summarized three areas of concern in the report entitled "The
Long-Range Plan, Albemarle County Schools, A Decade of Growth". He said the
committee expected to have forums at whichlpublic comments on the report would
be received.
The first area addressed was the Deve~bpment and Analysis of Enrollment
Projections and School Capacities. Mr. Haury said the total growth projection
for 1989 through 1998 is an additional 4,051 students who would be distributed
as follows: Elementary school, 1,718; Middle school, 1,363; and High school,
970. These numbers represent a 43 percent~ increase in enrollment over the
next ten years. For comparative purposes,.i~Mr. Haury said accommodating this
expected growth would be similar to tryinglto absorb the entire
Charlottesville school system into the present County school system.
Regarding Recommendations for Capital~iProjects, Construction Sites and
Cost Estimates, Mr. Haury said the solution to the enrollment problems
expeCted in the next ten years would require a number of capital projects.
The capital projects recommended by the Committee are:
(1) In 1990-91 upgrade Murray Educatlion Center for parity and add six
additional classrooms so that it may be reopened as an elementary school.
Cost of this project is estimated to costi$2,360,000.
(2) In 1990-91 make improvements to Rose Hill Elementary at a cost of
$1,090,000, so that it may be used as the ~ducation Center.
(3) In 1991-92, acquire property andibuild a ten-classroom addition to
Broadus Wood Elementary at a cost of $1,4~p,000.
(4) In 1991-92, build a new elementary school on the Whitewood Road
property. Estimated cost $5,900,000.
(5) In 1991-92, begin parity improvements to Albemarle High School, with
Phase I. (Improvements to the playing fields, parking areas and traffic flow
patterns, classroom addition for modern science and computer tables, safe bus
loading zones, elevators for the handicapPed, and utility upgrades.) Esti-
mated cost $5,080,000.
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(6) In 1993-94, build a new middle school in Hollymead where there is
adequate acreage, and in a place that resembles the pattern of placement at
Brownsville and Henley for schools along Route 29 North. Estimated cost of
$8,220,000.
(7) In 1995-96, construct a new high school, at an estimated cost of
$26,400,000. By 1995, enrollment is expected to be over capacity of both
existing high schools. The concept was discussed with individual principals,
and they decided it would be too large of an operation to control, if the
existing schools were made larger.
(8) In 1996-97, add ten additional classrooms at Brownsville Elementary
at a cost of $1,620,000.
(9) In 1996-97, complete 'Phase 2 parity improvements at Albemarle High
School for a cost of $2,130,000. (Removal of the agricultural and vocational
wing classes and removal of classrooms currently located in the library and
cafeteria so these areas can be restored to their intended uses.)
(10) In 1997-98, add six classrooms to Henley Middle School at a cost of
$1,o4o,ooo.
(11) In 1997-98, construct a new northern elementary school if enroll-
ment growth continues for Broadus Wood, Hollymead, WoodbCook and the Whitewood
Road School, at a cost of $7,670,000.
Under Recommendations for Redistricting and Boundary'Adjustment, Mr.
Haury said that in order to accommodate enrollment pressures prior to new
construction, and to make use of the new physical plant when the construction
is complete, a number of redistrictings are also recommended. The first of
these will need to be accomplished for the September, 1990, school year. He
said the redistricting can only proceed if the constructlbn projects for
Crozet and Southside get underway. Mr. Haury said he believes that the
enrollment growth at Meriwether Lewis Elementary school Gan be addressed by
redistricting. He hopes that parents will recognize tha~!.i~the action is
necessary to relieve the overcrowding in the elementary schools.
Mr. Haury said the committee attacked the problem of~iigrowth in a conser-
vative way. It did not take into consideration any expansion of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, the establishment of a university-spong6red research park
near the Airport, or the recent proposed modifications i~i~the county compre-
hensive plan for the Milton area. Also, the committee plinned only two
pull-out classrooms at each school, and made no provisionli!in the capital
project recommendations for computer, art, and music room~ expected by the
State Department of Education as part of school facilities planning. The
committee has, in the interest of economy, outlined the c~unty's minimum needs
for the next decade.
Mr. Haury took several questions from members of the ipublic.
Board then voted to accept the report from the committee, i::
A§enda Item bio. 3. Other Matters not listed on the ~genda.
no matters to be discussed by the Board of Supervisors. ~
Agenda Item bio. 4. Adjourn. At 5:25 P.M., the meeting was completed.
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