The ratio is based on the number of students who attend public schools in the county divided by the number of households, he said. Most private schoolers are in eastern Goochland. It might be 85 percent or 90 percent go to public schools in the central part of the county. The new subdivisions also brought new discussion of cash proffers, up-front money developers pay for certain infrastructure needs based on the number of residents projected in the development. Goochland currently requires no cash proffers, which in other counties are collected when the county issues the building permits.
Homebuilders generally pass the costs of the proffers along to home buyers.
He said also that from here the planning department would need to discuss potential residential growth more with the school system. We have to develop a closer line of communication with the schools. Goochland's new high school, when completed, could solve many of the school system's potential space needs. How that space is used is a School Board issue, but both boards must work together to make these critical decisions. Earl Thompson Inc. is developing Courthouse Commons.