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And those unavoidably outsized per-pupil expenses help explain why the supervisors find it so difficult to fund the salary requirements of an experienced, competent instructional staff. They help, but they by no means fully explain the woefully low pay of Rappahannock’s teachers. The average salary in all teaching positions in Rappahannock County in the 1984-85 year was $16,196. For all Virginia schools, the average was $21,076. To catch up, our teachers would have needed a pay raise of more i.han 30 percent!
One reason for that shortfall: Rappahannock County has failed to contribute the tax revenues required to attract an experienced teaching staff. On the average, all Virginia’s county school districts raised $1,580 per pupil from local sources. Rappahannock County raised $1,456. To have matched the average county effort would have cost Rappahannock property owners an additional $123,628 — about 5.6 cents on the tax rate.
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