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Are you implying that experience is not of value to us in our system?” asked Charles Eldred. At the outset of the meeting, Eldred proposed his own detailed salary scale for teachers, including merit bonuses, as a means of making the county’s pay levels competitive with surrounding jurisdictions and reducing the turnover rate here, highest by far in the area. “Experience and continuity are of great value,” Eldred insisted.
“I’ll give you the continuity, Charles,” Eastham remarked.
Bloomer said on Tuesday that he had not yet computed the budget totals in light of the cuts made Monday night and was unsure if the reduced expenditures will bring Rappahannock’s per pupil expenses below $1,075, the minimum set by the General Assembly.
Should Rappahannock’s per pupil expenditures fail to reach that minimum level, the school system can lose state funding.
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