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3. Should teachers consider that the cost of living is lower in Rappahannock County than in more urban areas where pay scales are higher?
4. Should teachers consider the relative lack of discipline problems here as a form of compensation? (He maintained that the discipline problems in Rappahannock Schools would increase if the wrong example was set for the students.)
5. Why can't teachers see that the amount of tax money available to the Schools is based on the county's ability to pay? Do they expect property owners to sell land that has been in their families for generations in order to generate cash to finance the teacher requests for higher salaries?
6. Why do some teachers appear to think of themselves as day laborers who punch a clock like miner workers and why do the teachers see the School Board as the mine owners?
7. Why doesn't the School Board determine compensation strictly on merit? How can anyone expect to earn a step increase just by "being here?”
In conclusion, Eastham urged the School Board to review the whole system of compensation before the next budget go-round. The inevitable result of any confrontation, he added, is that the children will suffer.
Rob Moffett, a first year teacher and coach at the high school agreed with Eastham that the continuing controversy between the teachers and School Board was most damaging to the students. He noted that other jobs were available if a teacher wanted to leave but added that the (Continued on Page 4)
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