Res 13-66 RESOLUTION NO. 13-66
A RESOLUTION OF TA~ CITY COUI~CIL OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY DEACi{, FLORIDA,
URGING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION TO RECONSIDER ITS
DECISION OF FEBRUARY 23, 1966,CON-
CERNING THE LOCATION OF THE NEW
VOCATIO~AL-TECPHTICAL CENTER AND TO
HEED T~-I~ PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF
SAID BOARD'S EMPLOYED EDUCATIONAL
EXPERTS.
R~IEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, has been conscious of the urgent need of
facilities for a vocational-technical school to serve the
rapidly expanding population of the South Palm Beach County
area for many years; and
~EREAS, in February 1963, an urgent plea was made
to the Palm Beach County Board of Education to acquaint a
State "plant survey" inspection team of this urgent need; and
~EREAS, foll~,ing numerous conferences concerning
the most logical site for such a plant the City Council of
the City of Delray Beach, always conscious of the manner in
which public tax funds are expended, agreed with the State
Department of Education, that the best possible site would
be a twenty-acre site in Boynton Beach, Florida, which site
could be obtained at no expense to the taxpayers of this
County; and
WHEREAS, through the diligent efforts of many
citizens in the City of Boynton Beach, a deed to said
~,enty acres was recently delivered to the Palm Beach County
Board of Education; and
~{EREAS, Robert F~lton, Superintendent, Charles T.
Council, Assistant Superintendent, W. L. McLean, Vocational
Director, and Perkins Marquess, School Planner, have all
previously gone on record urging that the first such center
should be constructed on the aforesaid Boynton Beach tract
since the South County area has practically no vocational
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facilities; and
~IEREAS, on the 23rd day of February 1966, the
said Board of Education, without prior public notice, and
without placing the item on the Agenda, voted four to one
to locate the first vocational-technical school in the
North Palm Beach area rather than in Boynton Beach, and
authorized negotiations for the procurement of a new site;and
WHEREAS, there are presently 504 vocational class
offerings in the North County area and none in the South
Palm Beach County area; and
WHEREAS, $175,000.00 in bond funds was used else-
where due to the fact that Carver High School and Seacrest
High School would not need additional vocational facilities
by virtue of the vocational school which was planned in the
South Palm Beach County area at that time; and
~HEREAS, there is a definite possibility that both
Carver High School and Seacrest High School will lose
accreditation because the aforesaid funds have been stricken
unless a vocational school is approved for the South Palm
Beach County area; and
~I4EREAS, there is also a deadline of August 1, 1966,
to have this school committed and under contract in order to
hold state funds and not have them re-allocated to another
county, which deadline cannot be met if a North County site
is selected,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOW~:
1. That the Palm Beach County Board of Education
reconsider its decision of February 23, 1966, concerning the
location of the new vocational-technical school and heed the
advice of said Board's employed educational experts.
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2. That a public hearing be scheduled zt the time
of such reconsideration, and should the Board. sustain its
previous action, that each men~er state his reason for
favoring a site to be procured at taxpayers' expense over a
free site; and how each member proposes to replace the
aforesaid $175,000.00 previously deleted from the budget.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of February 1966.
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