
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, August 14, 1993                   TAG: 9308140067
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI                                LENGTH: Short

40 TO BE SOUGHT FOR BUILDING-NEEDS STUDY GROUP

Forty people from across Pulaski County will be asked before the end of the month to serve on a task force to study the county's school building needs.

The special committee will divide itself into four 10-member groups to study the continuing loss of enrollment, available revenues for school construction needs, the ages of the existing buildings, and whether the current facilities can handle the technological teaching tools needed today.

The Pulaski County School Board approved the formation of the committee at its meeting Thursday night. It will be considered Aug. 23 by the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors.

Letters to prospective committee members are then scheduled to be mailed Aug. 24. The entire committee will hold its first meeting Sept. 7 before breaking up to address the four specific topics.

The proposal for this committee came from a joint commission of representatives from the School Board and Board of Supervisors. The commission has met several times on school-building needs, most recently last Tuesday when it made the recommendation.

"We feel like this is a bold move," said School Board Chairman Ronald Chaffin. "We feel like this is a way to get our community involved. We feel like this is a way to hear from our citizens."

Lewis Pratt, another School Board member, said the committee will cover a broad cross-section of the county including parents, educators, staff members from each school and people from business and industry people, the ministry, the NAACP, Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce, Pulaski County Education Association and the retired community.

by CNB