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the schools can help with the problem and be seen as part of the solution," Tble said, * Turning to smother matter, the board discussed the request by Piedmont Technical Education Center to let those employees who retire early from Piedmont continue to pay premiums for their health insurance.

The county and Piedmont originally joined as a group to get insurance when both were too small to get the insurance coverage they needed on their own. PTEC won’t be functioning after next year and the insurance will run out. The decision is one the school board must make to decide whether to allow PTEC employees to continue to pay their TRICON premiums until age 65. The county school system does not allow employees here who retire early to continue to pay for the insurance coverage.

The board decided to table the issue and allow board members time to consider the request.

Richard Smith, Rappahannock Elementary School assistant principal, made a presentation to the board on the Spotlight on Learning, Vision and Mission process they have implemented at RCES.

He said administrators and teachers at RCES looked at what they considered the five most important things they felt students should be able to do upon leaving RCES. They reached their conclusions, he said, by having the teachers first write what they

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