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(Continued from Page 1) combination of remodeling and new construction - which will provide four additional classrooms, science laboratories with water and gas hook-ups and space for teachers to prepare experiments and store equipment, a regulation-size gymnasium, a clinic; an adaptive physical education room for PE classes for handicapped students, larger cafeteria, kitchen and library, improved guidance facilities and larger administrative offices, and an auditorium with tiered seating.
The supervisors have set a public hearing for tonight (Thursday) on the capital outlay project and acceptance of the $1.5 million state literary loan to finance the work. The project must be underway with invitations for bids posted within 60 days or else Rappahannock forfeits its place at the top of the list for literary loans and drops back to the bottom with an estimated wait of two to three years before the low interest money is again available.
The state released the $1.5 million to Rappahannock on Dec. 12. “That’s when the 60-day clock started,” Superintendent Robert Estabrook noted.
“If the supervisors approve acceptance of the literary loan and approve the project, then we’re home free,” said chairman Beverly Massie. “We have the plans from Smithey and Boynton (architects for the RCHS expansion) and we can post the project for bids.”
But, she noted, the supervisors have voiced reservations over building the new gymnasium on which the rest of the project hinges. (The old gymnasium is to be remodeled into classrooms, auditorium and additional cafeteria space.) “If the board of supervisors eliminates the gymnasium, if they have second thoughts and grant acceptance for only part of the literary loan, then we’re going to be in trouble,” Mrs. Massie predicted. Changes in the design would have to be incorporated by the architects, which would take at least 40 days, and then the revised plans would have to be approved by the State Department of Education, the School Board chairman said.
“Unfortunately, it’s a bad time of year to try to get a rush job on anything,” Mrs. Reeve added. “And if things don’t go in sequence - bam, bam, bam — then we’ll lose the
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