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lull,” Bird told the supervisors.
Sharon Kilpatrick described the proposed school budget as “not really adequate” and maintained that it will bring about very small progress in improving the county’s educational offerings. The proposed index salary scale will only keep teacher pay here from slipping to a less competitive position, she said, ITm high school building program will provide better science labs and core facilities, but will add only two new classrooms, Kilpatrick pointed out. It will do nothing for vocational education and the lV^ hours now taken from the school day by transporting Rappahannock students to Piedmont Vocational Center in Culpeper, she said.
But despite its failure to meet educational needs fully, the proposed 1984-85 school budget will probably require a significant tax increase, according to Kilpatrick. At the same time, funds the county receives from the state will decrease next year while Virginia’s overall funding for education is on the rise, she pointed out. Kilpatrick explained that this situation has arisen because the county is ranked near the top in the state in its ability to pay for educa
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