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RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ♦ The Rappahannock County School Board has included in its budget requert for 1961-62 a levy of fifteen cents for the purpose of
financing a Literary Fund Loan in the amount of $:U$,00<M)0. After
carefully considering the building needs of the county and the ability
of the county to finance a construction program, the Board adopted a
program of construction which calls for the erection of a high school on the “Flat Woods” site now owned by the School Board. The School
Construction Fund, “Battle Fund”, would be added to the amount of
the Literary Fund Loan which would make available for this building approximately $225,000.00.
The proposed building has an area of 17,886 square feet exclusive of the separate shop building. It is estimated that the cost of construction will be about $10.00 to $10.90 per square foot:
Balding proper---$196,000.00
Sh°P -. 10,000.00
Equipment ....._ 16,000.00
Well, sewage disposal, road and walks_ 5,000.00 Still Owing $22,500 83,600 10,800 Annual Payment $2,000 1,200 600
- - w.T0TAL-----$226,000.00
To retire the loan over a thirty year period will require a fifteen
cent levy producing $6,600.00 per year. The present indebtedness of the county .for schools is $66,900.00: Orig Year Purpose Debt 1986 Wash, and Spenryville schools $48,000 1946 G. W. Carver H. School __ 36,000 1947 SperryvSle Auditorium__ 12,000
Several plans were studied and discussed before one was tentatively
adopted. This plan includes seven regular classrooms, library,
principal’s office and clinic, science laboratory, commercial room, home
economics room, shop, kitchen, and auditorium-cafeteria. The 'specifications caH for cinder block construction. o
The building, is planned teahouse about 270 pupils. While the
enrollment of the high school may exceed this figure at some time, the
Board is mindful of the decrease in population in the county which will
inevitably be reflected in the number -of pupils enrolled. The following tables show the population trend.
Rappahannock County census (figures taken from Federal Census Reports) . 1910 1920 1980 ' 1940 I960 '
' 8,042 8,070 7,717 7,208 6,066
This trend s also in keeping with the school census. (The school census
includes all children in the county between the ages of 6 to 19 inc.) Year 1930 1935 1940 1946 1950 White 1,918 1,904 1,846 "1,486 1,364 Negro 803 742 606 401 294 Total 2,721 2,646 2,452 1,887 1,658
The enrollment in the white schools in the county shows variation
but it is noticeable that the trend is generally upward since the session 1943-44. Year 1940- 41 1941- 42 1942- 43 1943- 44 1944- 45 1945- 46 1946- 47 1947- 48 1948- 49 1949- 50 1950- 51 Elem’ty. 993 940 922 795 908 847 871 873 " 876 944 899 H. S. 272 265 239 182 207 202 198 215 208 202 242 Total 1,265 1,205 1,161 977 1,115 1,049 1,069 1,088 1,083 1,146 1,141
1950-51 enrollment as of January 31, 1961.
_ There will be some additional cost to the operation and maintenance
of the public schools if a high school, as proposed, is erected.
It is estimated that the increased costs of operation and maintenance
wiU be approximately $3,000.00 a year. In order to meet this additional
cost a levy of approximately 7 cents would be necessary. It
is not necessary to lay additional levy for operation and maintenance as a part of the 1950-51 school budget.
Next week, another article will appear in this paper on the operation
of the proposed Rappahannock County High School.
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