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On Tuesday night, Rappahannock youngsters won the dubious honor of being the only students athletes that we know of in Virginia to be charged for representing their school in sporting events.
In a split decision with Alan Stokes and Walter Masterson opposed, the county board voted to charge students a fee to defray the costs of field trips. Elementary youngsters traveling to the Luray Caverns and members of the Rappahannock basketball teams alike will pay the nominal fee-not to exceed 30 cents-whenever they leave on a school bus for extra-curricular activities.
The action came as the results of gasoline price increases that aren’t covered in the 1979-80 school budget. This year’s budget includes the same amount as last year’s for gasoline and oil expenditures, less the $3,000 for transportation to last year’s summer school reading program.
Former school board member Paul Nichols, during the budget process, suggested that a cushion be included to balance anticipated price jumps. Although the major oil companies had already scrawled the handwriting of high prices on the wall, the other board members ignored his suggestion. Now they're saddled with a 2.3 percent increase in the cost of fuel and no extra revenue to balance the scales.
At the request of Superintendent W illiam Bloomer, the teachers and administration did their part and pared down the number of field trips requested to a maximum of one per grade level. But obviously the school board felt this wasn’t enough. They
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