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With the Rappahannock County Library offering assistance, the literacy program can develop even further.
Mr. Bird said one vital community link is with the library, as library officals have offered space in the new library basement which will serve as both classroom and office space for the developing literacy group. “With library assistance we will take a great leap forward,” Mr. Bird said, adding General Educational Development (GED) testing and reading lessons will be conducted there.
With pending office space and suitable study areas for students, the program is ready to receive students.
One method to recuit students is through the upcoming Region Six Literacy Coordinating Committee (RELIC) meeting on Nov. 6 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington. Literacy volunteers hope to create even a broader circle as civic and elected officals of various offices come together from noon to 5 p.m.
‘The object is to get-people to refer us to students, to get names of those with need, maybe to offer assistance with remedial work, to talk about where the need is, where it exists, and what we, or other agencies, can do to help,” Mr. Bird said of the group’s plans.
Their meeting Saturday morning in Washington, where the LVA Rappahannock Chapter was formally organized, charter members were signed, a nine member board elected, was highlighted by guest speaker Dr. David Gangel, the superintendent of Rappahannock County’s schools.
“He first spoke on the Japanesse attitude toward quality production and zero defects,” Mr. Bird said of the speech, addressing the need for literacy in the community. “He said our schools should produce such quality with no failures and no rejects. Children should be educated to the best of their mental and physical ability, be
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