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(Continued from Page 1) point . . . Inflation is taking it’s toll. We understand that,” said Luke. “But,” he added, “we asked for a capital improvements program four years ago and we haven’t got it. Not having the facts is someone else’s fault. We’re going to wait on the facts,” “Are the schools adequate right now, regardless of an increase in population?” countered Moore, specifically citing the high school cafeteria that currently seats a maximum of 70 to 80 students. Luke responded that the proposal for exapnsion of the cafeteria had included no figures on equipment cost.
Educational Environment
“What*< kind of environment are we providing for our kids?” asked Peter Marks. "If we fail them, it will cost far more to keep them in prison or in the nut house. What are we giving our kids to go out into the world with?” he repeated, charging that Rappahannock Schools are currently “two years behind the rest of the state at best.”
Marks said he’d talked with many county youngsters who spoke more freely to him than to their parents. “They’re going to wind up in the poolhall, snorting Canadian whiskey and doing dope,” he maintained.
According to Marks, there
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