By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON

By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON

Rappahannock New* Staff Writer

At a special session on June 26, the last meeting in the 1978-79 fiscal year, the Rappahannock School Board approved payroll warrants totalling $90,244. Expenditures covered priority maintenance projects established at the regular June board meeting as well as early payment for new text books that will be used in the coming school year.

The School Board had approximately $60,000 in uncommitted funds, near the close of the fiscal year. The money came from left-over teacher’s salaries and higher sales tax reimbursement than anticipated.

In addition to the money committed at the June 26 meeting, the board will carry over $30,000 for two school buses as well as a portion of the sales tax revenue into 1979-80, following approval of the action by the county Supervisors. Without the Supervisors’ authorization of the carryover, the funds would have been returned to the county’s General Fund.

In addition to high priority items—furniture, fill-ups of oil, gas and coal, prepayment of text books and supplies, and painting, roofing repairs and heating controls for the elementary school—the payroll warrants covered other items ranked lower on the School Board’s list.

The board approved reimbursement to the high school athletic department for the new chainlink fence around the baseball field. “Since we had to pay for it, I certainly think it should have come before the School Board,” remarked Chairman Beverly Massie.

“Someone took a lot of responsibility on their own shoulders," agreed board member Walter Masterson.

Superintendent William Bloomer explained that the fence had been installed with athletic department funds. “The indication at the last board meeting was that if we had funds, you all would be in favor of reimbursement,” he added.

“I still think, as a capital improvement, it should have been approved by the board,” Mrs. Massie countered.