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cent. Fauquier County is requesting increases which will average 4 percent. In order to encourage more teachers to work towards master’s degrees, Page County is requesting a 1.8 percent increase to the salary scale for teachers with bachelor’s degrees and a 4 percent increase to the scale for teachers with master’s degrees. The average increase will be 2.6 percent if the budget is approved according to a spokesman in the Page school system. Warren county is requesting 3 percent increases across the board.
The request in the Rappahannock budget varies by where the teacher is on the pay scale. The average increase for teachers would be 4.17 percent,
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