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“That’s been crucial for two years,” countered Eastham.
Bloomer reported that the School Board had written Highway Department District Engineer Don Houk, requesting that the Department make early acquisition of the current bus shop site for right-of-way on widened Route 211.
If work isn’t begun soon on the underground gasoline tanks, Luke said, inflation will eat up the $8,000 appropriation to the point where “it won’t even be enough to dig the hole.”
Eastham asked what maintenance plans the School Board had for the summer to get the high school into better shape for the coming year.
Bloomer replied that work would be done on rest room plumbing. He agreed that Rappahannock students enrolled in Piedmont Vocational School could possibly renovate the shop closet into usable classroom space by adding windows and ventilation.
“It concerns me that the space we have is not being utilized,” Eastham responded. When the Supervisors visited the high school last month, he said, they saw two tables in the art room With the middles eaten out. In addition, half the desks were not usable, according to Eastham. Marks asked Dr. Bloomer for the accreditation status of RCHS.
The Superintendent replied that the elementary schools is accredited for this year and the high school accredited but advised, “Frankly, I don’t see the difficulty with accreditation that some people have blown out of proportion.” Bloomer added, as far as the possibilities of involving students in maintenance projects, “the greatest difficulty we have with students
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