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parents to plan their family school budget. The book fees are only part of registration expense. Other fees are included in the total bill, such as the $25 drivers education fee, the cost of gym lockers, etc.
School lunches will stay the same price this fall. Superintendant Estabrook reported that the cafeteria was $14,000 in the black at the end of last year and so there is no need to raise the charge. However, Estabrook said that there will be no decrease due to presently rising food costs. Prices will be reviewed at mid-year.
The board also accepted the bid from the Morris Coal Company to supply coal for another year. The firm was the only one submitting a sealed bid, and is, in the words of chairman Massie “the only one around.’’The firm bid $90/ton for peerless, the same amount the school system paid for peerless last year. A lower bid of $87.50 was bid for cheaper grade kindle - if available. The board voted to accept the latter. Both prices are “firm”, not subject to change in case of inflation.
How to get money was the question behind a matter brought up by newly appointed assistant superintendant Tom Campbell. His cause was safe driving courses for bus drivers. His suggestion was to seek a state grant to pay the drivers for their time while attending a course in defensive driving. He says he just heard about the program over the week-end and brought it before the board, hoping Rappahannock could “get in under the wire” and apply before the grant deadline. The course would be coordinated with help from Steve Camp at the Culpeper DMV office.
An hour long course offered by the Virginia highway safety division will be offered for the drivers, “with the strong recommendation that all drivers take it.” This would be made available during their free time and the drivers would be invited to attend on a volunteer basis.
Nation At Risk
Following last week’s public meeting on the president’s commission on excellence in education and their report “A Nation at Risk”, Estabrook asked the school board to “re-activate the superintendant’s advisory committee to focus particularly on recommendations in (the commission report.)” The advisory group would then compile local comments and recommendations for later review by the school board.
Estabrook said he had “no particular quarrel (with the commission’s findings, but doesn’t) feel it goes far enough.” Estabrook expressed suspicion that a thorough study of America’s schools couldn’t be done in 18 months, the length of time the committee appointed by U.S. Education Secretary T. Bell.
Estabrook’s other objection is that the report tends
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