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but we can't afford bad education."
Thanking the supervisors and the citizens of the county for their support of the long-awaited high school expansion. School Board Chairman Beverly Massie noted: "It's taken us a long time to come this far. and we still have a way to go."
“I'd like to see our county grow scholars the way we grow apples,” said Laurie Marshall, asking that the proposed budget be approved and applauding the salary recommendations as recognition that “teachers are some of the most important people in the $lunty.”
The employees of Rappahannock's school system put in “many, many hours” for which they aren’t paid, and they do it “because they love the children and they want to do a good job,” said Assistant Superintendent Robert Chappel.
Richard Deets read a statement signed by the members of the RCHS Honor Society, asking that the supervisors approve the budget. “We feel the younger students in the county need the best education possible . . Just as we, as Honor Society members, are supposed to be models for our fellow students, so Rappahannock County looks to you to be models for the community,” the young petitioners wrote.
RCHS principal John Toth, formerly a teacher and assistant principal at the high school, noted that in his 17 years in Rappahannock, he’s “seen things on the down swing and on the upswing . . . Now we need to continue to improve what we have.”
RCHS teacher Scott Currie asked for the board's backing and support to continue progress towards making RCHS vocational classes a model program.
Diane Wood also requested adoption of the budget as submitted.
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