Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, February 6, 1993 TAG: 9302060031
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST CORRESPONDENT
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Medium
HIDDEN SEWER LINE MAY DELAY SCHOOL ADDITION
Relocating a sanitary sewer line could delay the start of construction of a $491,139 addition to Radford High School.Architect Larry Martin told the city's School Board on Thursday that about 200 feet of sewer pipe beneath the existing school will have to be relocated before construction on the new music and art classrooms could begin.
Martin said the city has determined that the line is a public sewer line, and thus cannot remain beneath the building.
"We were hoping to build over top of it, being a private sewer," he said. Martin said the city considers it a public sewer "based on the fact that it has other buildings connected to it." He estimated it could cost "in the $30,000 range" to reroute the line around the existing school buildings and the new addition.
Martin also reviewed final drawings of the addition with School Board members. He said that once the sewer-line problem is resolved, the project could go out for bidding.
"This one thing has slowed us down," Superintendent Michael Wright said. In addition, Wright said he must sign off on the final drawings, then send them to Richmond for state approval.
School officials had been hoping that work on the addition could start by April and be completed in time for the opening of school in late summer.
"We may have to go back and re-think that schedule,"` Wright said.
"We'll do everything we can to expedite this," Wright told the board. He said he still is hoping for a late March or early April groundbreaking.
In other matters, board members found themselves on the receiving end of praise and recognition, as Gov. Douglas Wilder proclaimed Monday through Feb. 14 as School Board Member Appreciation Week.
"We do appreciate your efforts," Wright told the six board members as he presented each with a certificate from the Virginia School Boards Association.
Board members, faculty and staff gathered before the meeting for a reception in honor of the occasion.
The board also voted unanimously to accept three new tuition students. The action raises the number of out-of-town students attending city schools to 147. Non-resident students pay $100 a year to attend school in Radford.