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Kilpatrick presented the school board with two petitions—each with more than 200 names—endorsing pay raises for school personnel and capital improvements to expand high school facilities.
Speaking in support of a salary plan that would give school personnel a seven per cent group increase, Mrs. Kilpatrick maintained that Rappahannock’s educational program suffered because of the high teacher turnover rate. She noted that more than 200 persons signing the petition supported a salary schedule here that would be “fully competitive with surrounding counties.”
Proposed by the Rappahannock County Educational Association, the seven per cent group increase was recommended by Superintendent Bloomer in his budget presentation last week. According to Bloomer, Rappahannock schools had a 33.3 per cent turnover in instructional personnel last year. Checking with neighboring jurisdictions, Bloomer found turnover rates ranging from 12.8 to 20 per cent.
(None of the school districts wanted to be identified with a specific rate, he said, adding that he'd checked Madison, Culpeper, Fauquier, Warren, Page and Orange Counties.)
In presenting the petitions endorsing school expension, Mrs. Kilpatrick stated that the Rappahannock Citizens for Better Education had expected more in the way of a capital improvements program than the three trailer units recommended by Dr. Bloomer.
“This isn’t over,” she announced, passing the petitions out to the board. “We intend to try to get more named.”
Bloomer explained later
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