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Bryant Lee
No, I would not support a voucher system because I do not feel parents should be paid to take their children to another school system if there is available space in their own. This is the parents personal choice and it would also have a negative impact on the school budget. Public education was established to ensure that all children would have an equal opportunity to get a good education regardless of race, creed, color, religion or sex.
James Oyster
I have five children in public school in Rappahannock. That is why I chose to run for the Board of Supervisors. I intend to be the “Children’s Advocate”. I want to see the children receive the best education possible and am far more concerned with them than the “educational system.” The Board of Supervisors does not have the legislative authority to adopt a voucher system. Legislation would have to be adopted by the State legislature. I am a strong proponent of choice in education. The one-size-fits-all model of public education does not serve the needs of every child. We cannot allow children who have special needs to suffer. In this county we are fortunate to have such alternative forms of education as provided by Wakefield and Hearthstone. I am 100 percent committed to educational excellence and opportunities for every child in Rappahannock County.
What is voi r vision for
VOCATIONAL FI)l ( ATION IN
Rappahannock County?
Robert Anderson
My ambition to see a vocational program that would teach job skills which would prepare a student to seek a career in his/her chosen field. This program should also help the student with an “on the job training program” and with job placement with companies in their chosen field. It would help to bring in craftsmen and women in their fields of expertise to assist in some courses.
Jack Atkins
A small school system that has a class average of 60-70 graduates can not find the money to run a state of the art vo-tech program for the minority of students looking for this type of education. We need to be creative and resourceful to work with local businesses to develop cooperative programs that would enable the kids to go to “vo-tech school” while at work. Or pay fees and send them to other systems’ vo-tech schools, until we can establish plans and set aside the resources to be able to provide our own vocational programs.
Yogi Bear
Somehow reinstate what existed with Piedmont, not all high school grads will continue through college. There has to be a vehicle in place for vocational training. We should have courses on learning everyday needs, such as how to balance check books, how to obtain loans, how to write resumes, how to prepare ones self for job interviews, how to open a business in Rappahannock so one can work and live here. Small business services that residents need including not only construction trades, but landscaping, cleaning services, trash and recycle business, etc. We need vocational education in this county.
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