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As priorities, Mr. Kreyling sees “maintaining the esprit de corps among the school system’s staff, both administrators and teachers. Dedicated teachers are the most important thing about a school — they need to feel they have support, that they are important.” Also, he would stress “an increased emphasis on academics.”
Though he admitted he does not know enough about the current situation of the school system to offer specific suggestions for change, Mr. Kreyling said, “It’s something you have to get into and learn the specifics.”
As to his qualifications, Mr. Kreyling said, “I had the benefit of a high quality education, which has meant a lot to me since. I have worked at several schools, and have gained a feeling of the staffs perspective.”
As a contractor and small business owner, he added, “I appreciate the financial requirements and considerations — the requirements of the schools, the funding requirements, the tax situation.”
“I’d just like to help serve Rappahannock County and do what I can to make it a better place,” he concluded.
Mr. Kreyling is a building contractor based in Rappahannock County. During his childhood in Japan, he attended the American School in Tokyo. He received a BS from Drexel University, majoring in electrical engineering with a minor in counseling psychology. Before moving to Rappahannock, he served as an audio-visual technician and counselor at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and at Glaydin School in Leesburg.
TEACHERS A PLUS
In a small school system like Rappahannock’s, “kids don’t get lost in the cracks,” noted Alex Sharp, ap
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