[Gator-Gazette] Board of Supervisors Email Addresses

[Chip & Sherry Felker]

Dear Parents and Angor-Hurt Community Supporters,

Please send emails  to the Board of Supervisors supporting Dr. Castner's
budget.  Your voice is extremely helpful.

Linda Ferguson
Principal: Agnor-Hurt Elementary School

Group email to all members of the board of supervisors:
bos at albemarle.org

Scottsville District
Lindsay G. Dorrier, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
278 James River Road  Scottsville, Virginia 24590
Office: 220-0500, Home: 286-2163
email: ldorrier at albemarle.org 

Jack Jouett District
Dennis S. Rooker, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
1800 Roslyn Ridge Road  Charlottesville, VA  22901
Home Telephone (434) 973-4774

182 Spotnap Road, Suite B-1  Charlottesville, VA  22911
Office Telephone (434) 977-7424
email: dsrooker at sprintmail.com

Samuel Miller/Ivy/Red Hill Districts
Sally Hyde Thomas (Mrs. George B. Thomas)
889 Leigh Way
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Telephone - (434) 295-1819
E-mail: WriteinSal at aol.com
 
Rio District
David P. Bowerman
401 Berwick Court   Charlottesville, VA 22901 
Telephone (434)220-3412
Email: db09 at earthlink.net

White Hall District
David C. Wyant
4686 Garth Road, Crozet, VA 22932
Home: 434-823-5818
Email: david.wyant at juno.com

Rivanna District 
Kenneth C. Boyd 
555 Explores Road, Charlottesville, VA 22911
Home: 434-971-8338
Email: kboyd at albemarle.org


School Board
 
White Hall
Barbara Massie 
bmassie at albemarle.org
401 McIntire Road  Charlottesville, VA 22902 

Rio
Pamela R. Moynihan
pmoynihan at albemarle.org
3974 Deep Woods Road  Earlysville, VA  22936
(434) 973-4555

Samuel Miller
Gordon J. Walker (Vice-Chairman) 
gwalker at albemarle.org 
401 McIntire Road  Charlottesville, VA 22902 
    
Rivanna
Sue B. Friedman
sfriedman at albemarle.org    

Scottsville
Stephen H. Koleszar 
skolesza at albemarle.org 
142 Scarborough Place  Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 293-7262
 
Jack Jouett
Diantha H. McKeel (Chairman) 
dmckeel2 at albemarle.org
103 Smithfield Court  Charlottesville, VA 22901
(434) 296-4931
     
At-Large
Brian Wheeler
bwheeler at albemarle.org

SAMPLE LETTER

     To all members of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors:
 
     As parents of school-aged children in Albemarle County, we are writing to encourage you to vote in support of Superintendent Castner's proposed 2004-2005 School budget, which includes a substantial pay raise for Albemarle County teachers. We have been pleased with the performance of the Albemarle County schools, which is only possible with quality teachers, facilities, technology and support staff. We are also embarassed by the low salaries offered by Albemarle County, especially when this area has a wealthy tax base and a cost of living second only to Fairfax. The fact that a starting teacher cannot afford the average rent in Charlottesville, that a 30-year teaching veteran couldn't qualify for the average priced home here, and that city and private schools in the area pay substantially more than Albemarle county does not speak well for our support of education, especially when Albemarle students consistently perform above state and national averages. The compensation is not
commensurate with the achieved results or the standard of living of the area, and we believe Dr. Castner's proposed budget is a step in the right direction to make Albemarle more on par with its peers.

     We would also like to urge you NOT to lower the personal property tax rate from $.76 per $100.00 to .74 per 100.00. Albemarle County residents already enjoy a lower tax rate than many localities, and the new rate would rob $1.1 million additional dollars from our already overburdened schools, while only giving the average taxpayer an additional $55 per year. Those pennies per day to homeowners will be barely noticeable, while the schools (and ultimately the students) will surely feel the negative impact of the $1.1 million dollars lost. We urge you to
keep the tax rate at its present level. 

     We appreciate your service to the community and your willingness to listen to constituents. If education truly is a priority for this area, the board must put its budget allocations behind its rhetoric by maintaining the current tax rate and voting for Dr. Castner's proposed budget for Albemarle County Schools. 

     Thank you,
     Gregory and Maury Brown
     1545 Jarman Lake Road
     Crozet, VA 22932