The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-11-07
School Board
Makes Plans For
Building Needs
Sees Need For
Two New Schools
In The County

The Prince Edward Coua'y School
Board began 10 lell its ideas Of a
school building program Monday
night at special meeting. and they
appointed d committee 10 meet
with a committee Of the Board Of
Supervisors to further discuss
building program
Tops on the list of the school
board needs are two brand neW
buildings. one new high school
for white pupils and second, Il new
elementary school for Negro pupiis
Tentative plans indicate that such A
program would approach one and
a half million dollars Id cost
The committee elected to meet
with the board OF Supervisors in
cludes School Superintendent T. J
Acllwalne. Board Chairman l. f
Andrews. and Vice Chairman B G.
Bass.
The move toward a building pro
gram Is not a new wrinkle with
the school board. but one that has
been in the mill for several years
In July OF 1857. the board outlined
q building program that would cost
some 81 500. 600 This was echoed BY
a statewide study presented to the
State Board Of Education III August
Of the same year. which estimated
Prince Edward building needs al
81. 80 900
Survey Says Same
4 supplementary survey made by
the State Board OF Education al The
request Of the local board and
made public in May of 1858 makes
virtually the same recommendation
that are now under Consideration
The need for the new white high
school would serve a double pan
pose. First. the new school would be
a modern high 5 h 0 plant to
handle the increasing load Of pupils
at Falmville High School and com
bine the Farnville and Worsham
high school departments making
one consolidated high school for the
county which would be similar in
quality to the plant now beng en-
ioyed by the colored high school
students
The second bird 70 be killed with
the new high school stone would be
to redesignate the old high school
as an elementary school The older
elementary students could be trans
ferred immediately 10 the hieh
school building without any major
changes ii the building This would
leave the lower elementary grades
III their present location, ~ loag
il fits in with the plans Of Longwoea
College. which may wish ID maze
other use of the present elementary
school building in view Of thclg own
expansion program
None Of the other white clemen-
tary schools in the county would BIZ
affected by the proposed plans
The new Negro elementary school
would be built IN the central p0r-
tlon Of the county. near Hampden-
Sydney consolidating the Negro clio
mentary school population INTO two
major schools, Mary Z. Branch at
Farmville. and the new school near
Hampden-Svdney.
Only Two High Schools
Under the proposed plans there
would be only two high schools in
the county one for white Students
and the other for Negro students
The elementary schools would be
more widely scattered. with white
children attending school at Farm
vile, Rice. Green Bay. Worshanl Or
Darlington Heights Colored sur
dents would be consolidated at
Hampden-sydney and Farmvllle
with possibly the schools remaining
at High Rock near Rice and First
Rock near Prospect. until adj
ditlons can be made at Mary +.
Branch to accommodate these stu
dents
The county still has available
sl75,ooo IN Battle Fund money for
school building needs. With the usc
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