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ALEX SHARP
praising the strengths of the county’s public schools. “It’s a small enough school system, a small enough community that teachers are able to maintain contacts with parents.”
Rappahannock has a corps of excellent experienced teachers, and in its public schools children are exposed to different types of people and all segments of society, according to Mr. Sharp.
To improve the system, he’d try to find ways to persuade more good teachers to stay longer. “And I’d like to reverse the exodus of collegebound kids to private schools.”
As the School Board’s representative from Hampton District, Mr. Sharp said he would try to locate private funding sources for the schools. “There have got to be other companies like Potomac Edison out there,” he said, in reference to the utility which recently donated computers to the schools and is now conducting a training program for teachers on their use. “I’d look to big businesses for help.”
As a businessman, Mr. Sharp said, “I have experience working with a very tight budget under less than ideal conditions.” The same management skills developed in that setting are equally appropriate for a School Board member, he noted.
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