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A
Bulldozer
Works
to
Ready
Another
Level
of
the
Lover's
Gap-
Poplar
Gap
Development
Project.
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$7.9
Million
Okayed
for
Lover's
Gap-Poplar
Gap |
by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor |
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The
Lover's
Gap-Poplar
Gap
development
project
took
another
step
forward
Tuesday
as
the
Buchanan
County
Board
of
Supervisors
agreed
to
commit
$7.9
million
to
phase
two
of
the
project
which
will
involve
the
development
of
a
2.5
mile
section
of
roadway
and
the
construction
of
another
600
acres
of
developable
land.
The
commitment
made
by
the
board
of
supervisors
was
a
"moral
commitment,"
since
board
members
cannot
obligate
county
funds
beyond
the
fiscal
year
in
which
the
county
is
operating.
The
motion
to
morally
commit
to
phase
two
of
the
project
followed
a
short
closed
session
called
to
discuss
property
acquisition.
The
motion
to
approve
it
was
made
by
Rocklick
Supervisor
David
Ratliff
and
was
seconded
by
Garden
Supervisor
Buddy
Fuller.
The
vote
was
unanimous.
The
Buchanan
County
Industrial
Development
Authority
is
expected
to
enter
into
a
contract
with
Alpha
Natural
Resources'
Paramont
Mining
to
continue
working
on
the
site
which
has
been
developed
in
conjunction
with
coal
mining
in
the
area.
Paramont
made
an
offer
to
the
county
to
continue
the
project
into
its
phase
two
development,
which
resulted
in
action
by
the
board
Tuesday.
Horn
said
there
will
likely
be
another
cost
involved
as
the
county
also
needs
to
purchase
an
additional
1,200
acres
in
the
vicinity
which
will
result
in
another
600
usable
acres
being
developed.
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Nine
of
10
County
Schools
Achieve
Federal
AYP
Status
School
Division
Also
Makes
Benchmark
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
Nine
out
of
10
individual
Buchanan
County
schools
and
the
school
division
itself
made
the
grade
for
2006-07
when
it
comes
to
the
federal
No
Child
Left
Behind
indicator
for
adequate
yearly
progress
(AYP).
Members
of
the
Buchanan
County
School
Board
learned
the
good
news
Monday
during
their
August
meeting
from
Testing
Coordinator
Linda
Duty,
who
noted
that
preliminary
AYP
results,
which
are
based
on
SOL
tests
administered
to
students
in
selected
grades
at
all
county
elementary
and
high
schools,
showed
Buchanan
students
are
scoring
at
or
above
benchmarks
established
by
the
federal
government
in
math,
reading
and
science.
“It’s
certainly
the
best
result
we’ve
seen
so
far,”
Superintendent
Tommy
P.
Justus
said.
“One
of
our
schools
missed
it
by
less
than
two
points
.
.
.
that’s
how
close
we
are
to
having
100
percent
(of
schools
meet
AYP
benchmarks).”
AYP,
which
measures
a
school
division’s
performance,
requires
schools
to
meet
or
exceed
29
benchmarks
for
participation
in
statewide
testing,
achievement
in
reading
and
math
and
attendance
or
science
at
the
elementary
and
middle
school
level,
or
graduation
at
the
high
school
level.
Not
making
the
grade
on
a
single
benchmark
may
result
in
a
school
or
a
school
division
not
making
AYP.
For
Buchanan
County,
however,
the
benchmarks
were
met
at
nine
out
of
10
schools
--
an
improvement
from
the
six
out
of
10
which
made
the
grade
last
year
and
an
improvement
for
the
school
division
as
a
whole
which
did
not
make
AYP
last
year.
“This
is
all
the
result
of
tremendous
efforts
by
our
teachers,
administrators
and
students,”
Justus
said.
All four county high
schools
–
Council,
Grundy,
Hurley
and
Twin
Valley
–
made
AYP,
as
did
Russell
Prater
Elementary,
J.M.
Bevins
Elementary,
Council
Elementary,
Riverview
Elementary-Middle
and
Twin
Valley
Elementary-Middle.
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