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<br />,r <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />MAY 23, 1978 <br /> <br />_. <br /> <br />the site or property becomes a safety hazard, the Planning District Commission--in <br /> <br />consultation and cooperation with the City A dministra tion--wi11 provide corrective <br /> <br />measures, possibly such as installing a driveway on the Church Street side of the <br /> <br />property: <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in <br />regular meeting assembled this twenty-third day of May, 1978, that the <br />Zoning Map of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby--amended <br />to effect and reflect an "R-6 Residential" zoning of that property presently <br />owned by Mrs. May F. Schott1and and situated on the southeast corner of <br />Starling Avenue and East Church Street, being further identified as that <br />property located at One Starling A venue. <br /> <br />School Board Chairman W. K. Putney, with School Board Member Dr. William D. Lewis <br /> <br />and School Superintendent Dr. James E. Calkins, formally presented the City School <br /> <br />Board's proposed budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1979, noting that said <br /> <br />proposed budget is designed to cDntinue a commitment to excellence, to continue an <br /> <br />educational program for the handicapped, to provide a new program for the gifted- <br /> <br />and-talented students, to meet or surpass State standards, and to provide fair <br /> <br />compensation for teachers and staff. The budget, as presented, excluded the current <br /> <br />CETA-financed programs as well as other Federally-funded programs which, if dis- <br /> <br />continued, would not curtail the school system's educational program within the <br /> <br />confines of the proposed budget. Dr. Calkins, on behalf of the School Board, pointed <br /> <br />e-' <br /> <br />out that, through the shifting of certain State-mandated programs from one means of <br /> <br />financing to a different means as well as the State's failure to maintain a formula <br /> <br />for sharing in the cost of fringe benefits, more and more financial burden is being <br /> <br />imposed on local school districts. Other facets of the proposed School budget <br /> <br />"high-lighted" were (a) the proposal to reduce tuition fees charged for out-of-city <br /> <br />students, (b) the new "Big M" program to provide recognition of students who excel <br /> <br />academically, and (c) the need to place an order early in the 1978-79 budget year for two <br /> <br />new school buses, payment for which to be budgeted in--and made from--the 1979-80 <br /> <br />budget. Meanwhile, Council joined with Mr. Joseph E. Finley, of the City School <br />