BOARD PLANS BUDGET SESSION FOR JAN. 27

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, January 16, 1993                   TAG: 9301160044
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI                                LENGTH: Medium
BOARD PLANS BUDGET SESSION FOR JAN. 27
The Pulaski County School Board will hold a workshop on its budget for the coming school year Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. at the board office.
The board will be back in the office Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. for a workshop to discuss boundary changes for pupils attending Northwood, Critzer and Claremont elementary schools in the town of Pulaski.
The boundary changes will become necessary with the closing of Jefferson Elementary at the end of this school year.
Once the School Board settles on a draft plan for the changes, a meeting will be scheduled at Pulaski Middle School to outline it and follow-up sessions will be set for parents at each of the three remaining elementary schools.
The School Board also changed its February meeting date. Since the regular meeting date of Feb. 11 would conflict with the Virginia School Boards Association meeting in Richmond, the meeting will be moved back to Feb. 10. The starting time also will be moved back an hour to 6 p.m.
The board will get a report at its Feb. 10 meeting on reasons for school dropouts, whether because families are leaving the area or for other reasons, as requested by member Rhea Saltz.
Teachers in the Pulaski County Education Association also will present their budget recommendations next month.
At its meeting Thursday night, the board approved a blood-borne pathogens exposure control plan that identifies employees most at risk of coming into contact with viruses carried by blood.
About 70 employees will be offered inoculations against the Hepatitis B virus, as required by the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration. School officials will have to find about $10,000 during this budget year to cover the cost.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB