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(Continued from Page 1) the building project is terminated. Then the board will be liable for fees without a literary loan to pay the bill, he added.
No Point
Miller stated that he didn’t see the point in proceeding with plans for capital expansion until the economy and the mood of the country changes. “1 would rather pay the people we have,” he said, maintaining that salaries will be substantially lower if the board has to stretch its budget to cover additional staff that will be required by expanded facilities at the high school. "The time has come to consolidate and pay the people we have,” he argued. If the RCHS building program proceeds now, he warned, Rappahannock may And itself in the “keep the best and cull the rest’” situation with teachers now faced by other school divisions. “I don’t want to see that happen here.”
"I know the mood of the country and I know the mood of the county,” Massie countered. “But we’ve come this far. I think we should proceed and at least talk to the architects (in order to) come up with some figures on cost.” Once the board has a price tag for the high school expansion, it can take the figures to the public. Then if the building has to be postponed, the public will be more receptive, she maintained.
Miller predicted that county citizens will support capital improvements right up to the time that the supervisors have to set a higher tax rate to support an expanded educational program. Then opposition will surface, he warned, and teachers will find themselves getting only four percent raises in order for the school
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