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that Rappahannock can host track meets with a suitable performance area. The auxiliary gym, which will be built at the elementary school will allow high school and elementary children more areas to play and practice.
Although Rappahannock’s school enrollment has remained constant at just over 1,000 students, new federal laws have increased the school’s responsibility to provide teams and athletic facilities.
The plan also listed a series of additional projects, including track lighting and a fitness center that might be carried out if the cost of the main items could be kept under $4 million, including architect and engineering fees. Chappell said Wednesday that these items might also be partially paid for by private donations.
In its original planning, the board and Chappell hoped work could get underway as soon as the summer of 2004, but the public review and bonding system would not permit that.
In the spring the board conducted a joint hearing with the supervisors and won apparent support for the entire plan. The only serious questions arose over the $488,000 classroom addition at the elementary school that might block a building of a bigger addition later. The addition would replace temporary classrooms with a music room and small classrooms. Teachers and parents alike said the temporary classrooms are in poor condition.
At the Wednesday hearing, the supervisors suggested that the track and field project might be completed later after negotiations to acquire additional land were completed. Board members Robert Anderson and Roger Welch urged school authorities to assign special people to monitor the construction companies and the architect as the project progressed.
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