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from two appointed School Board members?” he asked.
Mrs. Massie deferred to Dr. Bloomer for an answer. Since this was his first year in the Rappahannock system. Bloomer said he welcomed the Board members' “counsel and advice" so as to avoid projecting a budget figure that might be unrealistic. "This doesn’t remove my statutory resonsibility,” the Superintendent added.
In a brief statement, Rev. Ron Wiley, president of Rappahannock Citizens for Better Education, announced that his organization supported salary requests made by the teachers and described REA proposals as "very fair.”
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Sharon Kilpatrick also offered comments, hers directed towards the budget preparation method initiated this year by the School Board.
Having the Superintendent work on the budget in closed session with two School Board members “is a way of getting around the law” that requires open budget meetings, she said. “It looks like a way you can hash out the budget without us hearing,” Mrs. Kilpatrick charged. She also citicized the Board’s “knee jerk reaction” of “we can’t afford it” made to any proposals that would increase school costs. She maintained that most landowners could afford higher taxes. Besides, she added, “holding down the tax rate is not your job.’’ Mrs.
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