MAY 7 MEETING ADDRESSING REVERSION'S POSSIBLE IMPACT
 ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE POSTPONED

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 6 -- The last session in a series of
public discussions examining how reversion could affect area public
schools that was scheduled for May 7 has been postponed until the
fall. 
	Organized by educators in the University of Virginia's Curry
School of Education and the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service,
the "Community Conversations on K-12 Public Education" have been
designed to give area residents opportunities for voicing their
opinions about schooling options. The first session was held March 5;
a second one was April 23, and the final meeting was scheduled for
Wednesday, May 7, at 7 p.m. in the Albemarle County Office Building.
 	Because attendance at the last session was significantly
smaller than at the first session, organizers want to reconsider the
format of the public meetings, according to Harold Burbach, chair of
the leadership, foundations and policy department in U.Va.'s Curry
School of Education.  "The end of the school year is such a busy time
for area teachers and parents, as well as U.Va. faculty, that we
thought we should reconsider how to stimulate conversations on
educational goals," Burbach said. 
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May 6, 1997