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Rappahannock’s public school system "could be a perfect jewel, a model for the rest of the state,” said Helen LaCava, one of a handful of people who came to Tuesday’s School Board meeting to respond to the $3,828,504 budget for 1988-89 proposed last week by Superintendent David Gangel.
With bright well-behaved students, dedicated teachers, open and honest management, good rapport between schools, parents, and the -community at large, improved facili' ties, and Rappahannock’s beautiful countryside, the only thing missing is competitive salaries, Mrs. LaCava •continued. "If we only have one thing to fix, we ought to be able to -fix it.”
Speaking as president of the I Rappahannock County Education [Association and a Castleton landdowner and taxpayer, she called on :the School Board to up teacher pay -raises above the 7 percent directive from Richmond. The 10 percent salary increases Rappahannock gave its teachers for the past two years were mandated by the state and so every Virginia locality gave at least that much, Mrs. LaCava noted. With most of those localities already paying better than Rappahannock, that standard 10 percent jump pushed the county even lower in the -relative rankings. Last year, new .teachers here were 128th in the
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