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thinks the middle school is or is not a good idea—may not have the rounded interest in the overall good of the school division to be a strong board member. Those interested in school prayer, or parental notification for abortion, for example, would be barking up the wrong tree: those aren’t issues likely to be solved by the school division, and the more mundane month-to-month questions are the real meat of the job.
As elected boards won’t have taxing authority, those who can work hand-in-glove with the supervisors will have an advantage (candidates may even want to solicit endorsements from the supervisors).
The future decision to build or not build a middle school will have some relevance to any election debate, as will school transporation, discipline, curriculum, and stands on funding teachers’ salaries.
While we’re on the subject of elections, those signing petitions in favor of putting Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot in the ballot in Virginia should be aware that Rappahannock is now in the 10th Congressional District, at least for that purpose.
Mr. Perot needs to qualify in each of the state’s congressional districts, so those in Rappahannock who sign his petitions as 7th District residents aren’t doing him any good.
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