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$17,624 Allotted For
Transportation
Rappahannock County School Board has been allocated $17,624 in State funds to help pay the operating cost of pupil transportation for the 1960-61 school year, the State Department of Education reported today.
The allocation is based on the number of pupils transported in average daily attendance,, miles pupils are transported to and from public schools, and the number of busees in daily use meeting all reauirements of the State Board of Education and State law.
The first installment of approximately half of the 1960-61 allocation was distributed to the treasurer of .Rappahannock County in December and the last installment will be sent during the latter part of March, the Department said.
In Virgina last year 421,853 pupils were transported daily in 4,439 bus's which traveled 39.730,712 miles. The per pupil cost per year was $20.13, which was among the lowest in the nation, said Raymond L. Wimbish, supervisor of pupil transportation for the State Department of Education. 'Exclusive of drivers salaries the average operating cost per mile for school buses in the State was less than it was five years ago, he added.
67.6%