Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 3 · column 1 of 5 · from the scan, no model involved
By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH
THE Rappahannock School Board’s routine monthly business at the November 9 meeting was overshadowed by the administrative consolidation controversy. Approximately 200 concerned citizens attended the early portion of the meeting held in the elementary school auditorium to accommodate the crowd. Once the consolidation question was resolved, the crowd left and the meeting resumed in the library.
“I think the school situation is healthier than it’s been for a long time,” said Board member Paul Nichols. “The people and the community are interested in the schools and are working together.”
Nichols’s praise followed a report from Assistant Superintendent T. A. Fleetwood on discipline at the high school. “The parking lot situation has significantly improved. It’s been helped by having a duty roster at lunch time and the regulations that require the car doors to be kept locked.” Fleetwood said both he and Superintendent 0. A. Norton spot checked the cars during their frequent trips to the school and had found that most of the students were complying with the locked door regulations.
The situation inside the school has also improved, said Fleetwood, and attributed it to regular rest room patrols by the principal and assistant principal. Students are not inclined to light up a cigarette in the rest room between classes, Fleetwood said, when they find the principal there waiting. In addition, there is more supervision in the hallways and on school grounds.
SCHOOL Board members Beverly Massie, Alan Stokes and Arthlinda Quaintance reported that they had received calls complaining about the slowness of service and the quality of the food in the high school cafeteria.
“I’m at a loss to explain these continuing complaints,” said Fleetwood. He suggested that it was a “bandwagon thing.. .something to complain about.” He said he felt the food and the service were both good “but I may not be a good judge,” he admitted, facetiously, “because I don’t ever eat vegetables; I hate vegetables.”
There are a lot of problems that should be dealt with besides the cafeteria situation Fleetwood maintained. “It’s not a real concern of the school administration.” In
95.5%