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the capital outlay program, the Rappahannock County Education Association also asked for an informal meeting between the executive board of the association and two school board members to discuss the results of a needs assessment survey of teachers recently completed in both the elementary and high schools.
Mrs. Massie responded that teachers should use normal channels and transmit their concerns through either the superintendent or their individual district representatives on the school board.
Acknowledging that the needs assessment survey results have not yet been presented to the school board. RCEA president Lynne Baines reported that the questions dealt with discipline problems and program expansion as well as 'spice heeds. “We .'warit to open lines of communication between the teachers and the school board," she explained. “The board is removed from the day-to-day problems of the schools. We want to informally discuss some of our little nitty-gritty problems with you," she said, noting that school board members who visited the elementary school during educational week failed to look in on any classrooms or talk with either teachers or students.
"What’s wrong with this lady’s proposal?" asked Robert Eastham.
“It’s been our policy to have the teachers submit input through Dr. Bloomer," Mrs. Massie answered, adding that she'd met with teachers last year and personally saw individual teachers on an almost daily basis.
"I think it might be helpful to understand more of the day-to-day operations of the schools...to hear what the teachers have to say,” Eastham continued, volunteering to meet with teachers in the future. “We need some appropriate mechanism to touch base with them other than at school board meetings."
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