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Willing To Pay
For Quality
“I have two children in the elementary school but I feel that I’d be willing (as a property owner) to pay the bill for quality education whether I had children in the schools or not,” said Frank Reynolds.
Citing figures from the Auditor of Public Accounts for 1982, the latest data released by the state, Reynolds noted that Rappahannock residents paid $344 per capita for education, 75 percent of the Virginia average. By comparison, per capita cost of education in neighboring counties was $419 (91.6 percent of average) in Orange, $446 (97.5 percent) in Fauquier, $409 (89.5 percent) in Culpeper, $380 (83.2 percent) in Warren and $379 (82.9 percent) in Clarke.
Reynolds noted that Bath and Surry Counties, both with populations smaller than Rappahannock’s, spent $607 per- capita (132 percent of the state average) and $685 (150 percent of the average) respectively for education.
On the other end of the spectrum, he noted that Page County allocated $339 per capita — 74 percent of the state average — for its public schools. “So we are a little bit higher than page County but I don’t think we can be proud of that.”
Industry’s First Priority
Reynolds maintained that there is nothing more important to spend tax money on than the education of children. But as further justification for educational expenditures, he asked the supervisors if they knew the
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