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4OO STATEMENT BY MR. HAGGERTY RE: SCHOOL BOARD REPORT FOR EXAMPLE~ IT WOULD APPEAR UNWISE TO SELECT A SCHOOL SITE IN AN AREA WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO INDUSTRIAL IN CHARACTER. THE SITE RECOMMENDED FOR PURCHASE HAS BOTH ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. EVEN SO~ THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY SCHOOL BOARD I$ UNANIMOUS IN THE OPINION THAT THE ADVANTAGES FAR OUT-WEIGH THE DISADVANTAGES~ AND THAT THE PROPOSED LOCATION OFFERS MORE ADVANTAGES THAN DOES ANY OTHER LOCATION, THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS: I. ADVANTAGES A. IT APPEARS THAT ENOUGH LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR A SITE OF DESIRABLE SIZE, B, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE CONTINUED GROWTH OF SCHOOL AGE POPULATION CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE FUTURE, C, THE SITE IS SO LOCATED THAT PUPILS CAN BE DRAWN FROM THE CONGESTED AREAS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE CITY. D. A SCHOOL AT THIS LOCATION: COULD RELIEVE THE OVER.CROWDED CONDITIONS AT BOTH JOHNSON AND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, E, JF IT BECAME DESIRABLE TO DO SO) THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ATTENDANCE AREA COULD BE SHIFTED TO PROVIDE EVEN GREATER RELIEF FOR JOHNSON IN ORDER THAT THE PUPILS LIVING IN THE FONTAINE AVENUE-JEFFERSON PARK AVENUE-STADIUM ROAD AREA COULD ATTEND JOHNSON AS ~ORMERLY WAS THE CASE, THIS WOULD IN TURN RELIEVE CROWDED CONDITIONS WHICH MIGHT EXIST AT VENABLEo ~T WOULD THEN BE POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN VENABLE AND BURNLEY-MORAN TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR BURNLEY- MORAN IF SUCH A HOVE BECAME NECESSARY, THUS~ BY REASONABLE SHIFTS IN ATTEND- ANCE AREA LINES THE NEW SCHOOL COULD PROVIDE RELIEF FOR FOUR: EXISTING SCHOOLS, F, THE PROPOSED LOCATION WILL FIT INTO THE MASTER PLAN FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE ENTIRE CITYe Ii. DISADVANTAGE A, THE MAJOR DISADVANTAGE OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS THAT THE PUPILS COHING FROM THE CENTRAL AREAS OF THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL BY WA~ OF FIFTH STREET, WHEN FIFTH STREET IS WIDENED AND SIDEWALKS ARE PROVIDED THIS NO LONGER WILL BE A DISADVANTAGE. IT APPEARS MOST URGENT THAT AN EFFORT BE MADE TO PROVIDE A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT THE PROPOSED LOCATION BY SEPTEMBER 1968 ~F POSSIBLE. BOTH JOHNSON AND ~LARK SCHOOLS ALREADY ARE OVERCROWDED° IT IS ESTIMATED CONSERVATIVELY THAT THE ENROLLMENT AT JOHNSON WILL INCREASE BY ~0 PUPILS IN SEPTEMBER 1967, THE ENROLLMENT AT CLARK IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ~Y ~0 PUPILS AT THE .SAME TIME, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A BUILDING WITH A CAPACITY'OF AT LEAST 300 TO 360 PUPILS WILL BE NEEDED AT THE NEW SITE BY SEPTEMBER ~96~ EVEN IF NO PROVISIONS ARE MADE FOR KINDERGARTEN OR FOR THE 6TH GRADE, IT APPEARS THAT WITH THE A~VENT OF KINDERGARTEN A BUILDING WITH A CAPACITY OF TO 700 WILL BE REQUIRED WITHIN A FEW YEARS, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE ONE EXISTING SCHOOL ~HICH WILL BE AFFECTED LEAST BY THE NEW BUILDING IS GREENBRIER, PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL FACILITIES AT THAT SCHOOL ARE UNDERWAY. THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CiTY SCHOOL ~OARD IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MAKING THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL PLANTS LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. CAREFUL STUDY IS BEING GIVEN TO THE PROBLEM OF DETERMINING THE BEST FUTURE USE OF THE JEFFERSON AND HCGUFFEY BUILDINGS, THE SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZES THE POTENTIAL OF THE BURLEY BUILDING AS A PART OF THE CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM, ALL POSS-IBLE USES FOR THAT BUILDING ARE RECEIVING CAREFUL STUDY. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS MADE BY ~R. HAGGERTY: "Your REASONS FOR REQUESTING COUNCIL ACTION FOR ONLY ONE SITE FOR ONE SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT THIS SCHOOL WILL BE READY BY SEPTEMBER OF ~9~ GIVES ME REASON FOR SUPPORTt-NG YOUR PRESENT REQUEST, ~ MUST POINT OUT AS i DID ON ~OVEMBER 3C)TH THAT ~ AM CONCERNED THAT THE OVERALL SCHOOL BUILDING MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY COULD NOT BE RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME~ BUT ~ FULLY REALIZE THAT YOU ONLY HAVE A PARTIAL REPORT FROM THE PEABODY SURVEY AND THAT WE MAY EXPECT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF ADDITIONAL PLANNING SO THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS