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Mrs. Kilpatrick also raised the possibility of housing expanding special education programs in the current high school.
Removing the seventh grade from the elementary school would alleviate the “desperate space situation” that has resulted from addition of kindergarten and expansion of special education, according to Kilpatrick.
“The teachers lounge and the program for gifted and talented on the stage is the final straw,” she added, noting that seventh graders need more freedom and the expanded curriculum they could get at an intermediate school.
For course offerings, she suggested that year, semester and six weeks sessions of shop, home ec, music, art and drama be added to language arts, social studies, match, science and physical education at the intermediate school.
Disappointed With
Curriculum
Kilpatrick stated her disappointed with recent school board decisions on curriculum offerings at RCHS. She maintained that Spanish, “a more useful language for Rappahannock students,” should be offered as well as French. If the addition of the second language causes a decline in French enrollment, “then the board should consider that the laws of the marketplace were at work and that French should be curtailed or dropped."
"I get tired of hearing how many electives are offered and hearing about Art 1,2, 3 and 4 when these are all the same class,” she continued, objecting to the lack of consideration for a second art course. With twice as many students wanting to take art than can be scheduled, enrollment is based on talent appraisal, Kilpatrick noted.
“Art should not be offered only to the most talented. Art
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