CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — As the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors get set to consider the proposed budget at next week’s meeting, Scottsville Supervisor Mike Pruitt said the funding request for a fourth high school is not something the board is likely to green-light.
While Rivanna Supervisor Bea LaPisto-Kirtley said the path forward could come from bonds and the upcoming one-cent sales tax referendum, Pruitt is still unconvinced it would be enough.
“It’s a really important and urgent request,” Pruitt said during an appearance on WINA Morning News. “I think I, and some of my peers on the board, agree with the wisdom of it, but it’s also something that, quite frankly, we literally do not have the capacity to afford.”…