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placate the teachers,” as Eastham suggested. The school board members had “public input as to what the citizens of the county wanted” and full support of the citizens in their districts for teacher salaries and benefits, she said.
Acknowledging that he and Eastham have differed philosophically in the past, Bill Fletcher described the Wakefield representative as “knowledgeable on budgets.” He seconded the suggestion that figures be checked if one set of numbers is being reported to Richmond and another for county budget purposes.
“I don’t know much about budgets but I do know about children,” said Mary Beth Martin. “I don’t feel that you’re meeting your obligation to educating the children of this county,” she told the supervisors.
In response to Eastham’s criticism, school board member Newbill Miller maintained that the majority decision to absorb budget cuts without affecting proposed salaries and benefits “was not made under duress” and that the board’s action complied with the supervisors’ directive.
Accountant Wally Cox agreed that the school budget, sent to both the supervisors and to the state department of education was “in the proper form.” The
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