Wow, James. How interesting!!!! The most interesting thing is that there
IS precedence for doing such. Does the State Legislature have to get
involved in such swaps as the Loudoun/Fairfax example, and the unfied
schools?
Randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Hershman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: Precedence for Unified Service Districts
> Randy,
>
> I don't know how common it was in other parts of the state (mountain
counties, etc.) but I know from my study of the 1950s that Rappahannock and
Warren Counties operated a unified school system at the time of the school
closings in 1959. As to your other question about dividing counties, I know
that my county, Loudoun, once ceded the land
> between Sugarland Run and Colvin Run to Fairfax County, I believe early in
the 19th century. I think a lot of the folks in western Loudoun would
probably be willing to be ceded to Clarke but the rest of the county
wouldn't let'm go.
>
> Jim Hershman
>
> Randy Cabell wrote:
>
> > My little county is beginning to creak trying to keep up delivering
fire, but mainly schools in the face of insane salary competition among the
local cities and counties for teachers. I think that eventually there is
going to have to be a Northern Shenandoah Valley Unified School District,
which encompasses a set of counties and towns.
> >
> > Interestingly enough, only yesterday did I hear that (1) the county
should go out of business and join one of the larger local ones, (2) several
local counties might be interested in giving away some of their more rural
land to my county (ie let it annex some of their adjacent land.
> >
> > QUESTION #1 - Is there any precedence in the history of the Commonwealth
for cross-county unified school districts? I know that some cities within
counties run common school systems, but I'm interested in county-to-county
systems.
> >
> > QUESTION #2 and this is the biggy. Is there any precendece (after all
the counties had been formed) for major shifting of county boundaries. e.g.
annexation of part of one county by another county. Here again, I am aware
of consolidations of cities and counties, like Virginia Beach in 1963.
> >
> > Randy Cabell
> >
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