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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 5, 1995                   TAG: 9504060031
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-14   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: DUBLIN                                  LENGTH: Short

SOUTHWEST VA. GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL WILL HAVE LESS MONEY IN 1994-95

The Southwest Virginia Governor's School will be working with less money for its nearly 100 students in the 1995-96 school year.

Pat Duncan, the school's director, told the governing board Tuesday that about $45,000 in grant funds had been carried over from last year to this year. But that will not happen again.

State funding for the school will not change next year, and no increase has been requested from the localities who send students to the school for a half-day.

"You're actually looking at a 9 [percent] to 10 percent shortfall," Pulaski County Superintendent Bill Asbury told the other board members.

Interest in the school by participating localities continues to be high. Duncan said there will have been about 1,000 potential student visitors when the current school year ends.

Governor's School students are also spending one morning a week in mentorship programs, with various employers and agencies in areas that interest the students.

This is the third year for the program. Duncan said she tries to place students with mentors in their home counties, although some have interests in working at places such as the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech or the Volvo-GM Heavy Truck Corp. plant in Pulaski County.

by CNB