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To the editor:
If our teachers were anything like coal miners they would all be gone; they would have walked off at the first budget meeting, when the School Board broke its contract.
There seems to be a misconception that teachers can live on less than other people. They eat just as much, their nutritional needs are the same as others; their transportation costs and utilities are the same, their clothing requirements are as much if not more than most and their continuing educational costs, for recertification and keeping up to date, never end.
I agree with Mr. East ham that there is nothing more important in an educational system than good, dedicated teachers. Then, I think it would be a good idea for Rappahannock to strive toward this goal, and I don’t think a 47 percent turn over in personnel indicates that we are heading in that direction.
With a flooded teacher market, we should be able to pick the best. Then why are we getting so many of the green first year teachers and rejects? One of my children had five teachers this year, three of whom are unable to keep any class control. Is this advantageous on a cost basis, and to hell with what the children learn? Who is checking on teachers to see if they merit a salary increase?
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