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BY GERALD OCHS
Rappahannock News Special Writer
In a follow-up to their Aug. 25 decision to take responsibility for athletic fields construction from the School Board, the Board of Supervisors discussed the project and visited the site in an effort to begin the planning process.
At the Sept. 8 Board of Supervisors meeting, County Administrator John McCarthy presented his proposed approach to the project that called for the use of the plans prepared by the School Board’s architectural firm, Hayes, Large, but with a construction approach modified by limiting activities to four parts: earth moving, excavation and grading; installation of fencing necessary for ball-field definition (eliminating perimeter fencing); provision of electrical service to the site; and construction of dugouts.
McCarthy noted that the use of the Hayes, Large documents was dependent upon release by the School Board and by the architectural firm, and he expressed his hopes that such releases could be effected by Sept. 17. The Supervisors agreed with the County Administrator’s proposed approach and with his suggestions that the first three work elements could be completed in time for the . Spring 2000 season. At the ball field site, the Supervisors brain-stormed regarding optional approaches to field site work and development that might reduce construction costs.
Middle School changes
Schools Superintendent David Gangel discussed the administration’s plans, already in effect, to modify the Eighth Grade instructional approach. The Superintendent nolted that the administration had felt that there were weaknesses in the Eighth Grade program, and presented Rappahannock rankings in last year’s SOL tests as confirmation. Though Third Grade, Fifth Grade, and High School SOL tests were gratifying (last year’s Third Graders, for example, scored first among 132 school divisions in the Commonwealth in English, second in math, seventh in science, and twenty-sixth in history), Eighth Grade results (126th in math, seventyfourth in English, twenty-second in
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