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up next year under the state mandated time schedule for students in special education programs.
• School lunch program which by regulation must be self-sustaining. “We want a cushion to ensure that we can keep it in the black,” Mrs. Massie said.
• Electrical service. “The $36,000 (left after the supervisors’ cuts) might not be enough,” the School Board chairman said. “We want to make sure we can keep the lights on and keep the computers and typewriters running.”
• Tuition assistance for summer school. (Rappahannock does not offer summer school; students must attend classes in a neighboring county, where per course charges range as high as $90.)
• Adult education.. Mrs. Massie recalled that evening '^cbkSMs in computer sdtence were Sapopular that prospective enrollees had to be turned away last year. (Id rhak'-' ing reductions to categorical totals in the proposed 198788 budget, the supervisors indicated they intended that adult education be eliminated completely.)
There were smiles around the table as Mrs. Massie read a letter from Barney O’Meara which included a $200 donation for capital outlay. Mr. O’Meara called for continued moral and financial support of the school system and thanked the departing administrators for “a job well done.” Expressing the board’s appreciation, Mrs. Massie added, “I certainly hope we’ll find more of these nice letters in the future” and noted that the board will compile a list of specific needs relating to the RCHS expansion project in hopes of encouraging additional contributions.
All the good news wasn’t limited to financial matters. Sharon Kilpatrick handed out copies of Rappahannock County High School’s first literary magazine. She told the board that two high school English teachers had submitted student works for the publication, which she produced on her home computer and printer. “It’s a little gruesome,” she warned, adding that many of the submissions came from Jon Heddleston’s 11th grade English class right after the kids had finished studying Edgar Allen Poe. (Copies of 1987 Voices and Images are on sale at the high school.)
Mr. Campbell reported that the construction schedule for the high school expansion has been revised. Due to
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