Save The Old Beach

Help Save The Old Beach

Our Mission

As residents and friends of the Old Beach Neighborhood of Virginia Beach, our mission is to save our cottage community from being crushed by a huge combined school and in the process, save the homes that are in the line of fire.

On January 11, 2005, the Virginia Beach School Board decided to pursue "Option 5" to combine Beach Middle and Kemps Landing Magnet schools on the current Beach Middle site. In order to expand the middle school and add to it the magnet school program, the School Board will need to obtain 15 parcels of land, including exercising eminent domain and taking 5 homes from Old Beach residents. And, the School Board wants to buy several other homes that will be negatively impacted by the school to the point that they will be rendered worthless.

Please help us to preserve the Old Beach community and join with us in our fight against this monster school and the abuse of taxpayer money. Help us convince the School Board to NOT "put a 10-pound school in a 5-pound neighborhood."

Please browse this website, view the proposed site plan, check out the media coverage and then help us take action.

Think it can't happen to you?

Read the Virginian Pilot article about Joe Novak titled "Beach seeks parcels for consolidated middle school plan"

Read the "Soundings" article about Joe Novak titled "Another battle for G.I. Joe".