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(of the expansion),” he added, noting that this “academic” part of the capital outlay project accounts for just one-third of the total cost.
(The project - a combination of new and renovated space - centers on a new, regulationsized gymnasium which will seat 750. The remodeling of the old gym plus new construction will provide four additional classrooms, including science labs with gas and water and room for lab preparation and storage of supplies, a clinic, an adaptive physical education room for handicapped students, larger library, larger cafeteria, larger kitchen, larger guidance offices and larger administrative offices, an auditorium with tiered seating, additional storage rooms and additional bathrooms.)
Criticizing the high proportion of the total cost allotted to non-academics, specifically for the new gymnasium, Supervisor Miller conceded that opponents never defined the issues involved in the capital outlay fight. “We let the issue be, ‘Is it going to be built or is it not going to be built?’ (when) the true issue was WHAT to build ... We failed to get the issues properly defined,” he maintained.
Mr. Miller recalled that he had asked last October, when the project was presented to the Board of Supervisors, if the design could be scaled down. “I was told that the plans could not be changed. I don’t believe that was the case.”
According to the Hampton District supervisor, at least two School Board members had reservations regarding the gymna(Continued
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