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Editor:
I am a voting citizen and taxpayer in Rappahannock County as well as a county employe in a teaching position at the Elementary School. After listening to fellow citizens speak their minds at the School Board meeting, I have some afterthoughts.
My first concern is for the amazement and feeling of distrust expressed by most people at the meeting that our School Board had progressed to the point of advertising for an administrative position with no public notification and apparent repression of the fact. It was stated we had no right to question the School Board’s judgment in this or any other matter. It is my understanding that School Board members are appointed to represent the people in their districts. It is the duty of the citizens to let their representative know how they feel on this or any other issue before the Board. This was done effectively before and during this particular school board meeting.
It was also stated by a citizen that the public schools are an “arm of the local government.” As a parent I do not feel my children are wards of this county and at the mercy of county political officers or the large landowners. Our democracy guarantees freedom of the people, by the people, and for the people regardless of how much land they own. This democratic principle, I believe, was adaquately fulfilled at this school board meeting.
My second concern is for the rationale of the proposed plan: (1) to hire one person to be Superintendent and High School Principal, and (2) to hire one person to be Assistant Superintendent and Elementary School Principal. Mr. Fleetwood and Mr. Norton, when asked point blank if they could fulfill these jobs, responded that they could, but not adequately. My personal opinion of these two administrators is one of high admiration for their dedication and service beyond their pay and requirements. A lack of appreciation for the good job these two men have done was noted when several citizens insinuated that just because these two administrators said they couldn’t do the job, there could be found someone who could! I
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