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cipal’s office and one classroom would be remodeled into adminstrative offices and storage.
A new science lab would be added on behind the girls’ bathroom and teachers’ lounge; part of the existing library would be converted into another new lab. Half the old library plus new construction would become the new library, complete with storage rooms. Two additional classrooms would be added at the end of the hallway that runs along the shop.
Mandates have shrunk space
To understand why additional space is required despite a decline in high school enrollment over the last five years, the School Board members agreed that both the supervisors and the public must have information on new state mandates. A particular class may have only six students, but if the state requires that the class be offered, then a room must be alloted for it, Mrs. Massie noted.
With changes in the state’s Standards of Quality, more space is needed for fewer students, Bill Oliver added.
Paul Nichols recalled that study committees in 1976, 1979 and 1983 had cited space needs at RCHS. “It’s old stuff! Let’s do it now,” he admonished. “I know the supervisors are going to be very tight fisted. They’re going to want to know what other increases are coming,” he warned, noting that cost projections for the high school expansion don’t include removable furnishings which are ineligible for Literary Loan funding. “The best thing to do is lay our cards on the table - totally.”
“Every year we wait is costing us money,” agreed Randall Updike. But he cautioned against pressuring the supervisors. The facts justify the proposed RCHS building program, he said, maintaining that those same facts presented to the supervisors will gain their support.
“I want the capital outlay proposal weighed on its own merits,” agreed Mrs. Massie. “I don’t want to see this become a personality conflict. I don’t want to see one board against another. If we can’t do it that way — on the merits - then I don’t want to do it at all,” she concluded, meeting unanimous agreement from her fellow school board members.
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