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County Schools
Time will tell whether the changes in school administration announced late last month bring improvements, but there is a feeling of optimism in the air.
At both schools new principals and assistant principals plan for the next school year with an emphasis on teamwork.
Test results announced this week show there is certainly still need for improvement. Standardized test scores are generally up while fewer sixth graders passed the state’s Literacy Passport.
Comparing results from one year to the next can be risky. In a small school system classes differ markedly from one year to the next. Some classes have large numbers of very able students while others have large numbers of students with less academic promise. However, the standardized test scores have been trending downward this decade while the Literacy Passport Scores have been trending up. Was this year an anomaly? Again time will tell.
However, now is the time to wish all these school administrators well as they prepare for the coming year in their new positions and the county prepares for its first School Board election.
Support Flood Relief
Most Rappahannock citizens escaped from the recent floods with little or no losses. However, several suffered severe and tragic losses. In neighboring Madison County many more people suffered dramatic losses.
Many organizations are supporting flood relief. The organization that seems best suited to provide needed help to our neighbors in the county and in Madison County is the Piedmont United Way.
The goal is to raise $50,000 from contributions from individuals and groups in the area. If this goal is reached, it will be matched with large contributions from area businesses.
All the funds will be turned over to the Culpeper branch of the® American Red Cross to be used only in the immediate area and only for direct relief from the effects of the flooding.
While the federal government has funds to help in certain situations, it tends to respond to immediate needs in a cumbersome way. Private relief efforts are likely to be more effective in the short term.
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