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again stressed nis opposition to the index salary scale for teachers. He described the proposed three to five percent pay increases at the higher end of the scale as “inflationary,” maintaining that the index scale will permanently stifle starting salaries. Lane said that, emotionally, he wanted to encourage experienced teachers to stay in the Rappahannock system. “But teachers won’t live forever,” he added, insisting that the county has to say competitive in starting salaries offered teachers, an option impossible under the proposed index scale. (In actuality, starting salary in Rappahannock ranked near the state average last year, 90th out of 136 Virginia school divisions, according to figures from the State Department of Education supplied by the county School Board office. In comparison,
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