By Peggy Walton
From the January 12, 1994 edition of The New Castle Record
Craig County students sacrificed most of their spring brake when snow kept them out of school for a n extra week after the winter holidays.
McCleary Elementary and Craig County high School students have lost seven days to snow this school year, Superintendent of Schools Dallas Helems said. This will move parent-teacher conference days back one week, since the six-week grading period was scheduled to end Jan. 26, but will instead last until Feb. 2.
Teachers will resort to spending a Saturday as a workday, and students examination times will be pushed back a week as well. Students, faculty, and staff with have Good Friday and Easter Monday off, and possibly the following Tuesday, but there will be no week-long spring break, Helems said.
All members of the community are encouraged to attend an informational meeting on the proposed middle school concept Jan. 25, immediately following a school budget meeting schedule for 7 p.m. Helems and Assistant Superintendent Don Ford will conduct the meeting, with School Board members joining parents, teachers, staff, students and anyone interested a part of the audience, Ford said.
No action will be taken on the middle school development that night, but School Board members will be on hand to answer any questions about the proposed teaching method. Community members can offer suggestions on how the middle school concept can best serve students in grades six through eight.
In other Scholl Board action, negotiations are underway between the board and the Public Service Authority, which has requested the use of the county schools‘ well to better meet the water demands of a growing community along Virginia 615 and 311.
The School Board is composing a letter to the PSA requesting certain benefits in return for granting the, the use of the school’s well. The schools’ well currently provides good service to McCleary and Craig County high, Helems Said, and the board wants to make sure this service is not affected by the joint usage between the schools and the PSA.
Helems said if the PSA agrees to the board’s demands, which include construction agreements and other guarantees that school grounds are not harmed in the exchange, a contract will be drawn up between the two parties.
-Prepared by Shelly Koon
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