This is the second in a three-part series examining

This is the second in a three-part series examining a Virginia Department of Education survey of the Rappahannock County Public Schools. This installment details the response of some 45 parents, 19 teachers and 144 students at Rappahannock County High School who offered their opinions about their school and the quality of education available there. The final part planned for this series to appear next week will solicit response from members of the administration in light of the results of the survey.

By PAUL McFARLANE

Rappahannock News Staff Writer

Rappahannock High School students are bored: bored in the classroom and bored by a lack of extracurricular activities.

More than half of the students interviewed for a Virginia Department of Education survey say teachers do not present their material in an “interesting manner” and they complain about a lack of in-school social life — too few clubs and activities available to them.

Also, slightly more than half of the students polled slid that the variety of class selection is insufficient.

At least those are the opinions expressed by some 144 students who last year were sophomores and seniors at the county’s only high school.

The survey, taken as part of an administrative review conducted in November 1984, asked opinions of 339 persons directly involved in the education of the county’s youth: parents, teachers and a select group of stu dents themselves.

In addition to the opinions of students, the survey revealed that 40 percent of parents of secondary school students responding believe the job preparation offered by the local school system is inadequate and nearly onethird of that group said their children do not learn to appreciate beauty and the arts.

Parents also are virtually divided on their opinion as to whether there is adequate equipment for learning,