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An article in this week’s paper analyzes the process by which the state determines the relative wealth of localities when computing state aid for education.
More importantly, the analysis points out the disparity icreated by the formula, especially for rural counties like Rappahannock where, on paper, there is immense wealth in ^.he land. That wealth, however, is misleading. The real income of many of the county’s residents lags behind the state ^average.
The School Board has already sent a letter of protest to Richmond questioning the state cuts in education funding. To that letter we add our o\Vn protest. The 12 percent cut Represents just over $200,000, or nearly five percent of the ]total school budget this year. This cut comes on top of an 'already “bare bones” budget submitted by Superintendent David Gangel and reviewed by the county’s supervisors. T We hope that the commission reviewing the funding •formula will take such inequities into consideration when it ^ issues its report. We don’t mind paying our fair share, but we 'think the formula should ensure that our share is, in fact, fair.
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