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Robert Estabrook, school superintend ent, for clarification of his position.
Estabrook emphasized his support for the specific index salary scale supported by Rappahannock teachers for the past three years, as presented and explained in December.
“Obviously, there are other sets of indices that would be suitable,” Estabrook said, “but these are reasonable, plausible ratios. The system is needed from an administrative point of view, both for financial control and for personnel management.”
Lane continued his presentation. He said that, while he supported the idea of giving employees some kind of security, he felt that the index system would tend to obscure the cream of the crop. “We must have a definite ratio,” he said. “A poor teacher should expect poor pay - a good teacher should expect good pay. This should not be tied into years of service, but rather to performance.” Lane said that if, as he expected, Rappahannock was forced to hold the bottom line on teachers’ salaries, the distribution outlined in the index pay scale would drive the starting teachers’ salary down more than $400 below present rates, preventing the county from attracting capable new teachers.
"This plan presents no logic. rational or management plan,” he said. “I must oppose it.”
Eastham spoke next, repeating Lane's argument that the index would penalize new teachers, “It would be inherently unfair,” he said.
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