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Committee recommends transferring Jericho Road school site to city for park or open space
Summary
A committee that included school staff, two city council members and civic league representatives recommended unanimously that the division transfer the Jericho Road property (the former school site in Aragon Village) to the City of Virginia Beach for open space or park use, and the school board will vote on the recommendation on Aug. 12.
Virginia Beach ' A special committee charged with deciding the future of the former Jericho Road school site unanimously recommended that the school board transfer the remaining land to the City of Virginia Beach for open space or park use, and the board was told the committee will ask the board to approve that recommendation at its Aug. 12 meeting. Vice Chair Weems, presenting the committee's work at the retreat, said the site's parcels can be reconfigured to leave roughly 13.7 acres for a residual property and that parks staff view the Aragon Village neighborhood as "underserved" because about 3,000 homes there lack a public park. "It is our recommendation ... to transfer the…
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