CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — Members of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors pushed back on plans to build a fourth high school, the county school board’s top priority for the upcoming capital improvement plan, during a joint work session of the two bodies Wednesday.
The School Board believes that population projections will render the county’s three current high schools over capacity in the next two years and want the Supervisors to approve the budget for a new $230-$240 million school to open by 2030-31.
“I am not someone who is gun shy about really leaning in on risky financial policy,” Supervisor Mike Pruitt said during the meeting. “I’m probably the most comfortable with financial risk on the board. I say, I don’t see a way to literally do it. It does not seem like a possible proposal on the timeline that was presented.”…