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Nine hundred and 22 children were at their desks when Rappahannock’s public schools opened this year, according to an enrollment report from Superintendent Robert Estabrook.
“We have 550 at the elementary school and 372 at the high school,” he announced at last Tuesday’s School Board meeting, adding that 11 additional children at RCES and eight additional at RCHS are still expected to report. Their enrollment will bring the total to seven below the 948 projected for budget purposes, he said, noting that the shortfall in enrollment will mean a shortfall in state payments for education. “But I do not see that as a budget problem,” he assured the School Board.
Chairman Beverly Massie reported that high school principal Robert Chappell is writing to students who have not yet returned, stressing that they are both expected and wanted back at RCHS.
While the numbers at the schools were disappointing, the schools themselves were not. “I’ve never seen the buildings in better condition for the first day of school,” Mrs. Massie said, complimenting the efforts of both custodial staffs. She also handed out praise to the RCES and RCHS administrators for coordinating a smoothly running opening day. “This year, the math department at the high school seems stronger. I hope this will be the start of good years. I hope to see some real im
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