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a teachers’ workroom separate from the lounge and eating area where the copy machines will be safe from fiddling by students using the stage, and at both schools, new and appropriately sized desks.
• High school physical plant - “There’s an overwhelming worry about janitorial and custodial services,” Helen LaCava, the RCEA representative, told the School Board. “I know you know this, and I know you are working on this.” The only other physical plant needs cited at RCHS included parking facilities (which are scheduled to be completed soon) and replacement of the bulletin boards which were ruined when the roof was leaking.
Mrs. LaCava explained later that the Educational Association will present its salary request in response to the superintendent’s budget. “At this point, we wanted to keep the focus on instruction and building needs.”
“It’s difficult, when we’re looking to pay off building costs, to get into more expenses,” acknowledged Sharon Kilpatrick, the only other speaker during the budget input portion of last Tuesday’s meeting. However, she urged the board to bring starting salaries for teachers here to the average paid in Culpeper, Madison, Page, Warren, and Fauquier counties. “I know we’ve gotten close. I’d like to see us do it this year.” Then in the coming years, she added, the board can adjust the steps in the pay scale to give the experienced teachers a higher percentage raise.
Mrs. Kilpatrick supported the addition of an art teacher to the RCES staff and the upgrading of the extra-curricular duty pay scale for teachers. She also advocated the re-establishment of
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