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surprising. It was the students, not the teachers, who planned the walkout. They were responding to rumors spreading through the school that one after another of their favorite teachers would not be back next year or would be looking for another job because of the supervisors’ action in cutting the budget.
Probably the greatest tragedy of this whole process is represented by Mr. Bomberger’s letter, also in last week’s paper. The tragedy is not that there won’t be any more plays. There probably will be more plays, though, they may not be of the same caliber. And the school board may come to wonder why it didn’t pay Mr. Bomberger three salaries, because it may take three people to replace his unique combination of higher math, including computer science, art and drama. The tragedy is represented by the choice he felt compelled to make. I have heard Mr. Bomberger say he loves his work. I know that he is one of Rappahannock’s finest teachers and that our students respond wonderfully to his teaching. Yet the low value placed upon the job teachers do has forced him to have to choose between the work he loves, and is so good at, and the need to support his family. If we truly believed that our children are our most precious resource, we would never have forced this tragic choice on him.
SHARON KILPATRICK
Woodville
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