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Botts Quaintance. She maintained that Irvin Kenyon would be an effective School Board member who would work towards improving the quality of education here. “He’s in a position to make for better communication between the School Board and the teachers, the School Board and the parents and the School Board and concerned citizens. When you have better communication, you have better cooperation.”
Nortng' chat ' she had forked in Rappahannock schools for 48 years, Mrs. Quaintance said that she had seen ‘‘an erosion in cooperation" over the last two or three years. “This distresses me very much because unless we work together, we can’t improve the system."
While Kenyon’s first priority will be improved schools, he will also be just as careful about spending tax payer’s money as anyone else, according to Mrs. Quaintance. She maintained that Kenyon, who has two children in Rappahannock schools, would be more interested in the education thatn someone without youngsters in school.
Jim Prudhum spoke in favor of Masterson’s candidacy. The incumbent School Board member "knows how to organize and how to get a job done," said Prudhum. Prudhum also said that Masterson has the ability to contribute somehting beneficial to Rappahannock's future. “We’re talking in terms of our youth. That's tomorrow,” he concluded.
Linda Butler seconded Mrs. Quaintance's support of Irvin Kenyon, maintaining that he was interested, kep up-to-date on school news and would improve communications between the School Board and other segments of the community.
Dot Irvine spoke in behalf of Walter Masterson. She contended that having children in school should not be a criteria for judging School Board members. “Walter Masterson has as much interest in children as anyone possibly could,” she added.
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