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During the time set aside for public presentations at January’s School Board meeting, Mary Beth Martin asked the Board members to consider setting up an art program at the Rappahannock Elementary school. Mrs. Martin maintained that art was important, particularly to those children who rank below average in academics. It gives underachievers a feeling of accomplishment that is not available to them from other areas, she noted.
We agree with Mrs. Martin that art has a place in any educational program and we feel sure that Rappahannock School Board members share our opinion. The problem here is money. With a limited local school budget, we recognize that reading, writing and arithmetic have to take priority over art.
However, there are sources of funding for an art program other than dipping into county coffers.
We’ve just learned that the Virginia Commission of Arts and Humanities is now accepting applications from elementary and secondary schools for the 1978-79 Aytists-In-Schools
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