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Bv JON KLAVERKAMP
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
During a public hearing April 29 on the school budget the board of supervisors heard a near unanimous appeal from both teachers and parents to approve the school budget proposed for the 1985-86 fiscal year. Arguments supporting the proposed budget, which calls for an 11 percent increase to the bottom line in salary and five percent in retirement benefit, centered on the need to attract and retain quality teachers in Rappahannock’s school system.
Not everyone present, however, thought the proposed budget went far enough. Susan Bloss, a teacher at the high school and president of the Rappahannock County Education Association, argued that teachers’ salaries in Rappahannock should be at least equal” to the salaries of teachers in surrounding counties. If that were the case, the base pay for teachers in Rappahannock would be $13,498, said Bloss.
Along with Don Bomberger, also a teacher at the high school, Bloss presented a graph showing that, while Rappahannock ranks highest among surrounding counties in ability to pay, it actually pays the least. Surrounding counties included Fauquier, Culpeper, Warren, Page and Madison Counties.
Bloss said an 18.4 percent increase > the base in teacher salary was needed, citing as justification Governor Robb’s recommended 20 percent increase in teachers pay over two years. She urged the board to accept “a compromise” that would bring Rappahannock’s teachers’ salaries into line with
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