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French just because of the teacher.” "Is this a luxury for Rappahannock County...in what we are doing and what we can afford to do?" asked Robert Eastham after learning from RCHS guidance counselor Jim Futrell 18 out of 63 gradutes from the 1980 class (28 per cent) were accepted in college. “We offer one language now to take care of (college) admission needs,” he said, maintaining that French would be dropped from the curriculum if a foreign language wasn't required for college entrance.
"I don’t think there’s one bit of luxury in any of it!" countered Nancy Reeve.
“We have to have so many electives on our curriculum," added chairman Beverly Massie.
"Do we have any reliable information as to what would happen if we offer a second language? Would we have two or 50 in the class?" Eastham asked.
Before an answer came, Mrs. Massie cut the curriculum discussion short as the time allowed expired. She requested the board members to write specific questions for a final discussion on curriculum, set for the January 13 meeting.
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