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If nothing else was accomplished at the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors Meeting Friday at the courthouse, the air was cleared concerning the sewerage system for Sperryville. The Board made it clear .that they were not pressing a $250,000 disposal system. If the pollution problem can be remedied by other satisfactory, cheaper means, that is fine and dandy. The large number of Sperryville residents present for a hearing with the Board were advised to contact the local and the state Water Authorities and let it be known they are investigating other means and ways and are endeavoring to rectify and bad situation. They were advised to act immediately so the Federal grant will not be lost.
Mrs. Betty Coates resigned from the local Water Authority iince it was not legal for her to serve and Mrs. Mary Edna Schaefer replaced her. Points brought out by the citizens are the small fixed incomes of some, the inadequate water supplies of some.
O. A. Norton, Superintendent of Schools here, reported at the Board of Supervisors meeting Friday that there is a slight increase in the total number of students enrolled in school here this year. Total school enrollment stands at 1,178 for the 1969-70 session; 822 students in the elementary school and 356 in the high school. This is an increase of 44 from the last year’s total of $1,134: 23 elementary and 21 high school.
Mr. Norton also requested the Board to petition the Circuit Court for permission to dispose of the obsolete school buildings no longer used before they become maintenance problems. With 4 affirmative and 2 negative votes this motion carried.
A. Y. Stokes, Rappahannock’s Board Member for the Region 15 Community College at Middletown, showed plans for the proposed college and noted that there was an increase in the share which this county will be required to pay. The increase is caused by time lapse and inflation as construction costs rise, primarily in paving, excavation and lighting. Rappahannocks share will be $17,833.65 of which $12,813 will be payable this year and $5,020 in the 1970-71 session.
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