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(Before the meeting began, the three members of the trustee board met privately with Baumgardner in a car parked in front of the ^elementary school, apparently for a conference on legal matters relating to the school board appointments.)

Jack Jenkins stated support for Miller, maintaining that “the kids aren’t getting the education that they should get.” Mary Ann Jenkins, George Jenkins Jr. and Barbara Jenkins added their endorsement as did Wallace Critzer, Nelson Lane, Pete Estes, H. S. Barksdale and Jens Tholand.

Speaking on his own behalf. Miller said he is distressed to see the divisions in Rappahannock and that he held no animosity towards those who opposed his appointment to the board.

“Up until 1975, I believed Rappahannock had quality education," he said. Then, Miller reported, he tried to get his son with scores on scholastic aptitude tests in the top five per cent of his class into college. The ranking that qualified in the top five per cent at RCHS fell

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