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The supervisors will meet with the School Board next Monday night for the start of what promises to be a grueling exercise in fiscal accommodation.
As proposed by the School Board, the 1987-88 spending plan for education totals $3,621,026. With sharply reduced federal aid, particularly in the area of vocational instruction, and state revenue limited by a declining enrollment, the county’s share would be $1,874,715. That represents an increase of $340,248 over current local support, and that increase alone will tack an additional 22 cents on Rappahannock’s real estate tax rate, which now stands at 58 cents per $100 of assessed value.
At the same time, the supervisors are facing a major expenditure for construction and operation of a new landfill. And looking ahead, they can figure on both school and solid waste disposal costs continuing to climb as (1) the amortization of the $1.5 million literary loan for the high school expansion begins and (2) stringent new federal regulations governing landfills are implemented by the state.
Also figuring in the economic picture are a steady increase in the number of acres receiving tax deferrals through either the use value
87.6%