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is good teachers . . .” She took exception to an e-mail recently sent to RappNet by Judge Douglas Ginsburg of Flint Hill in which he questioned the use of area teacher salary average comparisons to justify increases in Rappahannock. Judge Ginsburg, she noted, said that “unless there is evidence [of teachers leaving the county for better compensation], he would not be moved.”
Andy Platt also supported teacher salary increases and the approval of the budget. He said that “looking at the median [salary ranking of Rappahannock teachers] -101 out of 131-it doesn’t seem to me to be acceptable.” He urged the board to “pass the budget as is with the possible exception of reinstating administrative salary increases.”
Former Jackson District School Board member Ron Makela also referenced Judge Ginsburg’s e-mail, saying that “The word that strikes me is average. I read the e-mail which indicates that if we don’t have a problem, then Rappahannock should accept its place . . .Rappahannock is not average,” he continued, “. . . and for someone to suggest accepting something below average-it’s not Rappahannock.”
Bill Dietel told the board that this is the twentieth year that he has spoken on behalf of the school system. “Across the county,” he said, “there is a debate of one value against another. What is of utmost value-human beings and their well-being, or what we can afford.” He too spoke of the need to be competitive in
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