An end to the split feeder patterns in Albemarle County middle schools has been proposed for the fall of 2006.Students attending middle school together would move to the same high school under the redistricting plan.More than 1,900 Albemarle County school students would be affected by the proposal if approved by the 16-member redistricting committee and Superintendent Kevin C. Castner. The first of three information sessions on the proposed plan is scheduled for 7 tonight at Albemarle High School.
Browsing Category Politics
Fighting The Power To Take Your Home
A case pending before the Supreme Court, Kelo v. New London , concerns a redevelopment plan in Connecticut; it questions the use of eminent domain when governments take the land from some property owners to make it available to other property owners, alleging that the private use makes the land transfer unconstitutional and illegal. The case’s success in reaching the Supreme Court has re-opened a policy debate that started in 1954, when a landmark case involving the redevelopment of Southwest Washington allowed governments to use eminent domain for urban renewal and slum removal projects.Eminent Domain is something about which everyone needs to be aware.
Albemarle County Schools Redistricting
Albemarle County, having just redistricted a few students for the Fall 2005, is ramping up again to redistrict many more students for the Fall 2006 school year…. Check and double-check where your kids will go to school. Look at the school district maps – Albemarle’s are here – and call the Transportation Department. Most REALTORS try their very best to have the most up-to-date, accurate information, but always do your own due diligence.
57th District House of Delegates race
I had the opportunity this afternoon to hear David Toscano, Kim Tingley and Rich Collins speak today at CAAR…. Kim Tingley is the newcomer and Rich Collins is a newcomer to the “running for office†landscape, but a brilliant person – I would love to take or audit one of his classes…. This seat is an unenviable position – seemingly endless needs – transportation, education, economic growth, growth – with very little money to go around. I like and appreciate ideologues; heck I happen to play one myself at times, but the political landscape is so unforgiving tow ideologues I wonder whether one could actually accomplish anything.
Growth in Loudon
It's a nasty issue, as describer here in the Washington Post.This is my favorite part, because it transcends this issue and speaks to politics in general. Bolding is mine.The court's action has left some GOP...
Cogent Washington Post article
From today's WP - " Who actually pockets the tax code's generous subsidies to homeowners? When the joint tax committee examined distribution of mortgage interest preferences during 2004, it found that people in the very...