Mathews school board members and supervisors held a work session Tuesday afternoon to discuss the proposed 2025-2026 school budget. Much of the conversation, however, again revolved around long-term capital needs of the division and concerns whether any building improvements undertaken now would be made irrelevant if school building use were to change in a few years.
In November, the two boards held a day-long work session on a Saturday looking at the building needs for Mathews schools, touching on such issues as whether the county should pursue a single combined campus for all its K-12 students.
At that meeting, the boards agreed to seek bids on a space needs assessment, looking at the current condition of the three county schools and exploring options of either new school construction or the renovation of existing space.Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel said that bids closed Friday on the Requests for Proposals for a four- to five-month study of the issues. The county has...