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Supervisors deny sale of Ingleside/Burkeville Elementary, approve school carryovers and state funding adjustments
Summary
Nottoway County supervisors voted 5-0 to deny the school board's request to sell the former Burkeville (Ingleside) Elementary School after a public hearing in which residents, the Mayor of Burkeville and local nonprofits urged the county to preserve the building for community uses and historical value.
Nottoway County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to deny a request by the Nottoway County School Board to sell the former Burkeville (Ingleside) Elementary School and retain the proceeds for school capital projects.
The vote followed a lengthy public hearing in which mayors, longtime residents, historians and volunteer organizations told supervisors the building serves active community uses and urged the board not to permit a sale.
Gerald Smith, mayor of the town of Burkeville, told the board that his town has infrastructure that connects to the property and called the school a local historical landmark. "Burkeville has a stake in it," he said, and asked that the town be included in discussions.
Dr. Jackie Green August, speaking as a local historian and preservation advocate, traced the property's history to 1892, described its role for African American education and said that selling the building would erase that history. Several speakers described active community programs in the building: the…
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