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In another astounding move, the committee determined that the cafeteria, that tiny little room, is plenty big enough. There’s no space problem there, just a bottleneck in serving meals that can be solved by instituting a third lunch period. According to the committee, the high school cafeteria now serves 209 students and with its existing floor space, should serve 375 in three shifts before an expansion is even considered.
It’s a game of words. The cafeteria may serve only 209 lunches but the facility serves the entire high school enrollment, now at 441, and in two shifts, not three. By counting just the meals purchased at the school, the committee has apparently decided that kids bringing their lunches from home, brown bagging it to avoid the line that stretches down the hall each shift, don’t need any place to eat besides the great out-doors or maybe the hall during bad weather. . ^ < , Anyone who’s ever been to Rappahannock County High School knows that the building is overcrowded. By maintaining that the school currently has 43 per cent excess space, the school board members on the committee strain the little bit of credibility that they have left. Who do they think they’re kidding? And more importantly, for what reason?
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