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By SHARON KILPATRICK Rappahannock News Staff Writer The School Board approved a plan to move into alternate-day block scheduling at the county high school for the 1996-97 school year. During the upcoming year time will be devoted to developing a schedule, estimating costs and training teachers.
A committee of teachers, administrators and community members studied moving from the current schedule of seven periods a day every day to four longer periods each day. After learning about and visiting other schools, some with semester block schedules and some with alternateday schedules, the committee recommended the high school try the alternate day approach. Students take four classes one day and four different classap the next, for a total of eight classes.
dpairman Beverly Massie noted that a semester plan, in which students complete four classes the first semester and four more the second semester, would have been very difficult during the 1993-94 school year when so many days were lost during the second semester. She said it will be very important to prepare parents for the change as well as the students and teachers. Stonewall-Hawthom District representative John Tole said, “I’m very hopeful about this approach....If you change the way you do things, you change the atmosphere so the substance can change.” He said it should provide more time for both teachers and students to prepare foi classes but added it will require more work of teachers. “You can’t just fake it for 90 minutes,” he said. School Superintendent David Gangel said he and othti members of the administration had met with representatives of Dewberry and Davis, the engineering firm thal designed the plans for modifying the elementary school sewer system. When bids were opened the lowest was $279,000, he ' ■At, >' See "SchoolV Page A-« -■ • *** r ■ -■ x" 1 a ' x' ■ . ~ 4 :4;.y- _
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Old Rag Meeting The National Park Service has scheduled a public meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, at the temporary parking area near Nethers to discuss proposals for dealing with the overuse of the Old Rag Mountain area and trail.
. Wolf's Rep. To Visit Karen Bowling Foster, from Congressman Wolfs office, will be in Rappahannock County from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21 at the Rappahannock County Extension Office on Gay Street in Washington. Mrs. Foster will be available to talk to , constituents who need assistance or have problems of a Federal nature. Citizens are also welcome to express their opinions on matters of concern, particularly national topics or issues before the United States Congress. ’ • yf
Candidates Speak Political candidates, current office holders, and others wanting to speak on July 4 during the program that begins at noon, please contact Bev Atkins at 675-3843 or Ellen Manson at 675-1349.
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