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Budget
(Continued from Page 4) that young teachers left to get married, old teachers to retire and others for a combination of factors.
Supervisor Wood agreed with Mrs. Massie’s explanation of Rappahannock’s high turn-over rate, adding that many persons were trying to insinuate “something else.”
“Some teachers are leaving to get married and some are leaving to retire," interjected Jennings Hobson. “But others are leaving for jobs where they’re better appreciated, where they make more money." He added that starting salaries may be competitive but that teachers here, unlike those in surrounding counties, received no fringe benefits.
Mrs. Massie explained to the supervisors that the school board had cut a provision for payment of mandatory life insurance premiums—the only fringe benefit included in the recommended budget — because the board members had a hard time justifying premium payment when the teachers’ families were policy beneficiaries.
The supervisors took no further action on budget proposals. The next budget hearing, which will include a review of Welfare Department requests for 1979-80, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 18, at 10 a.m. in the court house.
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