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To the editor:
Your editorial of February 27 regarding teachers’ salaries and farmers’ income states only part of the problem and none of the possible solutions. Thus it misses the mark and is unfair to both farmers and teachers.
You come to the conclusion that Rappahannock’s teachers cannot be paid a fair wage until farmers can afford to pay higher taxes. However teachers and other county employees need not be penalized by unfortunate farming conditions—we can find ways to pay a fair wage without penalizing farmers and other citizens on fixed incomes.
Your editorial makes some good observations: teachers work long hours preparing lesson plans and grading papers in addition to the time spent in the classroom. You point out that the rewards of teaching must be more than the salary since the pay is “not great,” and teachers do not enter the profession
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