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is impossible to meet now, with only one of the three high school science < rooms equipped with gas and water, he said. “Even if it wasn’t manadated, it would be a good idea,” the teacher maintained, adding that lab participation improves retention and understanding. “I can tell the difference in students who’ve had labs in the lower grades,” Mr. Patterson said, quoting a Chinese proverb: “I hear and forget, but if I see, I understand, and if I do, I remember.”
Principal Robert Chappell maintained that the high school is short - short two science labs; short 90' seats in the cafeteria; short three classrooms for the teachers who must “float” from room to room, pushing carts with their instructional supplies and often arriving late.
“We’re one clinic short,” Mr. Chappell said. “We had a sick youngster throwing up in the girls’ bathroom the other day. I offered my office, but can you imagine a sick child wanting to be in the principal’s office?
“We’re short one regulation gym,” the principal continued, noting that the RCHS gymnasium lacks 15 feet in length and 10 feet in width from meeting Virginia High School League requirements. Qnly 38
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