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1985 have moved to Rappahannock County in the past three years, but it seems more likely that a number of one-year-olds were missed in 1986.
Among elementary-school aged youngsters, the increase is less dramatic. The 1989 census shows 663 children between the ages of five and 12. This compares with 512 in 1986 and 586 in 1983.
For high schoolers 526 youngsters between the ages of 13 and 18 were found for the 1989 school census. This is an increase from the 1986 total of 470, but fewer than the 584 found in 1983.
“This is not 100 percent,” Mrs. Piper told the board. “You’re never going to get 100 percent.” She explained that she had conducted a pre-census survey that included all the students in the public schools and Rappahannock students at Wakefield, the Masanova Christian Academy and the Child Care and Learning Center. She checked to make sure all of those children were included in the actual census. “We may have missed some younger children with no older siblings,” she said.
She said the census takers, who are supposed to visit every house in the county, encountered “chained driveways, vicious dogs, and ‘No Trespassing’ signs. We need to pay more next time,” she suggested. “These people don’t make much money.” She suggested that the rate paid census takers be increased for the 1992 census to one dollar instead of fifty cents per household.
“I want to commend Mr. Wingfield (high school government teacher Dennis Wingfield, who was one
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