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with issues that cannot be resolved within the 60-day period (modifying architectural drawings, resubmitting them to the State Department of Education for approval, and posting new plans for bid)?
The basic issue here is ACCOUNTABIfcLTX ’to,11s the.t j citizens, taxpayers, and parents of school children in Rappahannock County. The School Board and administration did exactly as directed by the supervisors in 1984: they received input on space needs from our teachers; they worked diligently as a board and administration to keep costs down; they directed the architects to change the plans to satisfy the supervisors’ request for a more costly structure.
And they waited 2 Vi years for Rappahannock to become eligible again for this low-interest loan.
Furthermore, we the public believed what we heard and assumed that nothing could go wrong with the high school expansion program - this time!
For the supervisors not to accept this loan immediately would be a clear act of fiscal irresponsibility and deception of the general public, the School Board and the school administration. Just as all of us must be accountable for our personal and business decisions, so must our supervisors. It’s too late to change these plans or to back out!
Parents, grandparents, high school students, teachers, and citizens at large - show your support for the high school expansion project by attending the public hearing Thursday, Dec. 18, at the Rappahannock County Elementary School at 7 p.m.
CAMILLE HARRIS
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