The Albemarle County School Board will receive a report at its April 27, 2006 meeting on potential school site locations in the Biscuit Run development. The Biscuit Run rezoning request is currently under review by the County Planning Commission. The staff's report for the School Board can be found here.
According to the report, "Biscuit Run is one of the largest parcels of undeveloped land, at 920 acres, that is located in the growth area, and is now under consideration for rezoning. The property has the potential of developing between 2,500 and 4,970 dwelling units in a variety of types, along with commercial and retail space, to comply with the County’s desired Neighborhood Model. The development could produce as many as 600 elementary students depending on the final residential product and the number of units that are offered for sale."
My constituent website has a collection of the documents provided to the School Board for review in advance of this meeting. At my day job's website, there is also a collection of blog postings and podcasts related to Biscuit Run.
This Thursday, the School Board will discuss possible locations for a future elementary school which may be proffered by the developer as part of his rezoning request. An initial site has been proffered south of the development outside the designated growth area in land zoned for rural uses. Several members of the Planning Commission and County planning staff have encouraged a site in a more central location to both preserve the rural areas and to create a school that can easily be walked and bicycled to from nearby homes, potentially including those in the area around Mill Creek South and/or Southwood Mobile Homes.
If you have thoughts about this project, please let me know.
Brian Wheeler
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