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tirst ot a series ot budget sessions, this one specifically intended for “citizen input.” Only a handful of teachers and a few parents attended.

Donald Bomberger, President of the Rappahannock Education Association (REA), expanded on teacher requests presented to the Board in January. "We find ourselves in a most unenviable position ... in that of the nine surrounding counties only one has a base salary at or below ours, and even that exception, Culpeper, has higher maximums,” he said. By granting requests for an increase of $700 at each step in the pay scale, the county would bring base salaries to $9,200—still below starting pay in most of the neigh

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