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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 8, 1993                   TAG: 9309080252
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: DUBLIN                                LENGTH: Short

GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL MAKES SPACE CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS

The school's board met Tuesday in what used to be its meeting room and what is now a junior research-science laboratory. In the coming months, such meetings probably will be held on the upper floor of the building on the Pulaski County High School campus.

Eighty-six students are commuting this year from their home schools for a morning of mathematics, science and technology specialization.

The 51 juniors and 35 seniors are almost all the students allowed in the building, unless state fire marshals approve a higher level. Even if that happens, the demand for student spaces from participating school divisions probably is about to exceed the slots available.

Students began their morning classes at the school Thursday, but the teachers and administrative staff had been at work in the building long before that.

"All of us painted and carried and cleaned," said Margaret Duncan, the school's director. "Nobody thought we'd be ready."

The board also heard a report from staff member Bob Carlson on physics in-service sessions being conducted for 21 physics and 21 middle school teachers on Saturdays.

They are funded by a $40,000 grant for teachers from Bedford to Washington counties, and conducted by Carlson and Neal Beard of Hampden-Sydney College. Beard also has the teachers build several sets of equipment they can take back to their schools.

The equipment is built out of used and surplus parts but each set, if purchased new, would cost about $1,000, Carlson estimated.