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informed the board that his office and other experts in the state department can provide all the services that the board wants from a consultant and at no cost. "Bricks and mortar is what your problem is. . . I don’t say I’m a consultant who’s going to give you a vast report,” said Hamill. He added, however, that he can complete an evaluation that’s “completely independent, completely correct and completely supplemental ti the groundwork you lay.”
Eastham asked for assurances that the state department would be impartial and not swayed in favor of either position—building or not building.
Study Already Done
“Why should the state department be biased? 1 don’t give a hoot in hell whether you build or don't build," Hamill countered. He added that the state department had recently completed an evaluation of RCHS space in light of state requirements in the Standards of Quality. “We’ve already done it. We concluded you needed X number of spaces,” he said, apparently in reference to the information complied for the last joint supervisor-school board capital outlay committee by Dr. Bloomer, supervisor chairman E.P. Luke and county engineer Fanning Baumgardner.
(The space study report presented by Luke in March called for 14,188 square feet of new space at RCHS including three science rooms with laboratory facilities, two business rooms, art room, music room, additions to library and cafeteria, four restrooms, teacher workroom, guidance counselor office and locker room.)
“You don’t have the spaces. You don’t have to build them.” Hamill said. "You can send the pupils to some other place—to the elementary school or you can cut the high school down to tenth through twelfth.”
In addition to space analysis and recommendation, the state department will also provide expert help on curriculum and scheduling as well as assistance in filling out forms for energy conservation loans and grants, according to Hamill. In addition, he noted that Literary Fund loans for school construction are still available for up to SI million I at three per cent interest.
“Mr. Hamill, you might 1 have a deal," concluded Robert Eastham when the building supervisor finished with his presentation.
The board, however, took no formal action on the offer of services from the state department of education.
Later in the meeting, Walter Masterson reported in executive session on reference checks he completed on the educational consulting services provided by KDA architectural firm in Reston for $7,000. Returning to open meeting after midnight, the school board agreed to check with Fairfax to see if the services of that county’s experts on scheduling and curriculum are available.
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