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To the editor:
As a teacher in the Rappahannock County public school system, I protest the superficial, simplistic and condescending attitude toward teachers and their poor salaries that was expressed in the February 27 News editorial “Enough.” Indeed, the editorial writer laments our teachers' quest for a decent living as an obnoxious, seasonal phenomenon, rather like the emergence of black flies. In doing so he demonstrates his ignorance of the situation, the superficiality of his inquiry and the biased thrust of his pen. He would have done well had he first acquainted himself with a few pertinent facts.
Item: Approximately one-third of Rappahannock’s teachers left the county for greener pastures last year, most of them because of the low salary they received and their consequent low morale.
Item: Rents may be low in Rappahannock County, as suggested by the editorial, but rental property is very scarce. As a result, a number of Rappahannock teachers must live outside the county which means that they must bear the added cost of commuting.
Item: The pay raise of last year
91.1%