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SARAH BROWN
She said the system needs “more dedicated teachers” who don’t see teaching as just a job. “They know what the pay scale is when they come here, but then the very first thing, they turn around and want more,” Mrs. Brown charged.
As a School Board member, she1 would “let the people know I’m here for them - for the parents, the students and the teachers - to hear their problems and complaints, and hopefully, to keep harmony among all.”
Mrs. Brown was formerly employed at the Washington Post Office, the Rappahannock News and the Rappahannock National Bank. Married to Bobby Brown, a local contractor, she quit working to devote full time to her family. She and her husband have two children: Amanda, six years old, who will be a first grader at RCES this fall, and Bobbie Jolene, 14 months. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Washington Baptist Church, a Sunday school and Bible school teacher, and secretary for the Washington Volunteer Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary. She is a frequent volunteer at the elementary school.
A GOOD BOARD AT PRESENT
Camille Harris, a Washington resident and active member of the RCES PTA, sees the makeup of the present School Board as a trememdous plus for the county. “We also have a group of involved parents, an active PTA at the elementary school. And of course, a lot of good, dedicated teachers.”
Following the loss of the division’s two top administrators and its executive
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