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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
At Monday night’s public hearing on the school budget for next year, only Newbill Miller spoke in favor of cutting the budget.
“I have a concern for the future of my grandchildren,” he said. “I don’t worry that they won’t be educated in the public schools if they apply themselves. What I fear the most is that government bureaucracies at all levels and the taxation of government at all levels will take away their incentive to achieve.”
He noted that the proposed school budget increase is about 13 percent, but the county budget includes a proposed 24 percent increase in real estate taxes. Schools account for over 60 percent of the county budget, he said. “If something isn't cut from this budget, there will be a tremendous increase in taxation.”
Werner Krebser asked Mr. Miller, “Where would you suggest they cut the school budget, especially when most of these things are mandated by the federal and state governments?”
Frank Warner asked why local spending has to go up w hen state and federal spending for county Schools is going down.
School Superintendent David Gangel said the federal government had shifted responsibilities to the states and the states were shifting them to the localities. “We’re in the unenviable position of not being able to shift," he said. “And while there has been a shift in
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