School board rep makes pitch for North Side school
As the Richmond Council of PTAs launches its Build Schools Now campaign, North Richmond School Board member Carol Wolf asked for new North Side school be added to the South Richmond-weighted plan. The Times-Dispatch reports: The draft plan suggests phased-in new construction, renovation and closings that would ultimately touch every school in the district. Updating the […]
As the Richmond Council of PTAs launches its Build Schools Now campaign, North Richmond School Board member Carol Wolf asked for new North Side school be added to the South Richmond-weighted plan. The Times-Dispatch reports:
The draft plan suggests phased-in new construction, renovation and closings that would ultimately touch every school in the district. Updating the 2002 facilities plan is the School Board’s first step toward Mayor L. Douglas Wilder’s “City of the Future” plan.
Last night, School Board members Chandra Smith and Carol A.O. Wolf asked for a new North Side school to be added to the plan, while others pushed for speedier attention to schools in their districts.
Earlier in the evening, PTA council members urged cooperation between school and city leadership and presented their list of new schools to build and where. Also in the first phase, the council wants to include the construction of an elementary school in the Fulton area.
The PTA council also calls for new Summer Hill and Broad Rock elementary schools and for revamping the Richmond Technical Center to address the business community’s desire for high school graduates who are better prepared to enter the work force, Burton said.
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