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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 2, 1993                   TAG: 9306020064
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: DUBLIN                                LENGTH: Medium

GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL HAS GROWING PAINS

Doug Phillips, chairman of its board, observed at the board meeting Tuesday that 52 juniors from the school's service area have signed up for the half-day Governor's School classes in the 1993-94 year.

If they continue to participate as seniors, he said, that could mean the school would have more than 100 students by 1994-95.

But school Director Margaret Duncan was not sure the state would allow more than 100 students to attend.

"We're going to be bulging at the seams. Good problem, though, isn't it?" she said.

A state evaluation committee two months ago recommended that the school look into a larger site.

Duncan said her recommendation would be to ask a study committee, including representatives from the school's Educational Foundation, to draw a five- to seven-year site plan for the board's consideration.

"That's one of my projects for the summer, to work on that for a presentation to you all," she said.

Besides the larger number of juniors, the school has also accepted eight new seniors who did not commute to the school as juniors. Six of them are from Pulaski County, the other two from Wythe and Carroll counties.

Duncan said the Educational Foundation has raised $1,650 toward its planned endowment to help meet school needs.

New IBM computers for the school are on the way, said faculty member Larenda Page. The school ordered the computers months ago, but IBM ran into a production bottleneck.

The board heard project presentations from two of its students, Diane Owens and Brooks Moses, who attend Pulaski County High School. Their projects took top awards at several science fairs.

It also heard reports from six of the school's 68 students who worked once a week this semester in internship programs at hospitals, medical offices, research centers and elsewhere.

Students reporting on their internship experiences were Jeni Hauver, Marion Senior High School; David Manley, Fort Chiswell High; Susan Stafford, Giles High; Jayson Throckmorton, Carroll County High; Melissa Smith and Hope Denny, and both from Pulaski County High.