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Single-sex education in Crozet

From The HooK today, referencing the new Field School, a single-sex school (of which I am a huge advocate, as I graduated from the former all-male Virginia Military Institute) - 

Barnett says he’s close to finalizing the school’s initial location, which will likely be in the Claudius Crozet Park community center in Crozet. He proudly shows architectural renderings of the space, which will feature flexible classrooms with moveable walls and a large central common area. The school is accepting applications for the fall for 16 spots in each the fifth and sixth grades. (Seventh and eighth grade will be added over the following two years.) A shuttle will take students from Charlottesville to and from school each day.

The question of the day – what will be the impact on Claudius Crozet Park? Presumably the Park Building will no longer be available for rentals.

Update: Todd Barnett clarifies and expands with his comment.

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Peachtree Baseball Volunteers needed

Peachtree Baseball League of Albemarle Inc. is a non-profit organization that solely depends on volunteers to organize the league. We are currently looking for volunteers for the 2007 season.

The following positions are open for the 2007 season –

– Secretary
– VP Tball/Rookie
– Concession stand coordinator Crozet Park
– Historian

The job descriptions are listed below for each position. If you are interested, please contact Cheryl Madison.

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Loss of a school site in Crozet

School Board member Brian Wheeler’s comments.

Mr. Franco just said the previous plan was up around 400 [units] for a neighborhood model development, keep in mind that the School Division’s long range plans that are in the Crozet Master Plan are based on a population of 12,000 people.  That elementary school site was to serve that level of population.  And my understanding is that the housing recently approved in Crozet would already exceed that [population] if it was all built and all the people moved in.

Read them all.

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Crozet School growth

For those of you who don’t read Brian Wheeler’s School Matters blog, you should. He has done a tremendous service with his most recent post regarding the potential for school overcrowding in Crozet. Take the time to read it all as well as the attachments. You’ll be better informed citizens and parents for it.

Make no mistake, even if you do not have children in the County school system, what happens to our schools affects all facets of our lives, from our houses’ values to the basic quality of life in Crozet and beyond. If only more public servants were as capable and as open as Mr. Wheeler.

Our representative for the White Hall District is:

Barbara Massie Mouly
265 Newtown Road
Greenwood, VA 22943
540/456-6191

Update 11/29/2006: Brian Wheeler has a story about the now-upcoming addition to Brownsville Elementary, among other developments.

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Recommendations wanted!

Do you have a trusted tradesperson that you use? I would like to compile a list of plumbers, carpenters, handymen/women, electricians, cleaners, etc. who service the Crozet area. We all need them from time to time, and don’t typically know off the tops of our heads just whom to call. A personal recommendation goes a long way.

So … submit your favorites in the comments or email me and I will put them together for a future post, and maybe a wiki-type listing of Crozet-centric tradesmen/women so that we all know whom we can call when we have a need.