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hiring of an applicant for the position and how long the vacancy could be left unfilled before state funds for education would have to be returned.
Relmbunement Baaed On
Year End Figures
State reimbursement to localities for education is based on the final annual report, according to Mrs. Massie. In times past, she continued, Rappahannock County has not met the state’s minimum per pupil funding level when school started but by the end of the year, the county schools had “always met the state funding requirement or exceeded it...If that happens this year, we will not have to return any money to the state.”
“It is not the desire of the Board to drag but it is our desire to give the county the best administrator we can...Sometimes, it takes longer than others,” Mrs. Massie maintained.
Elementary teacher Susan Henry stated her concern over how the safety of students was being affected by lack of sufficient administrative personnel. She noted that the office was sometimes left unattended. If a fire broke out in her classroom and she sent a student to the office to report, there could conceivably be no one there to set off the alarm, according to Mrs. Henry.
Superintendent’s
Responsibility
Wiley questioned the legality of the School Board’s decision to take over what he maintained was the responsibility of the Superintendent in interviewing all applicants for the vacancy.
As far as the Board members are aware, answered Mrs. Massie, the procedure is legal and in accordance with Virginia School Board laws. Assistant Superintendent Ray Hogan, acknowledging that he wasn’t an expert on Virginia school law, asked Dr. Bloomer for his interpretation of the regulations.
“That is not appropriate, Mr. Hogan,” Mrs.. Massie said quietly. Bloomer answered that the
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