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By Gerald Ochs
t Rappahannock News Writer
A waxing tide of probable educator departures from Rappahannock schools brought out teacher pay increase promoters to May’s board of. supervisors meeting. With the school budget adoption at the top of the “Old Business” agenda, school board mem-; bers and other supporters came out to encourage the supervisors to pass! the school budget, if not increase the' bottom line so that teacher pay raises could be increased to a minimum! of 7 percent, from the 4.75 percent in the school board’s budget.
School Superintendent Dr. David; • Gangel was direct in voicing his con-; * cem and in making a plea for an! additional $110,000 for teacher pay! , increases. He told the board that the; recruiting efforts of nearby counties! has taken a toll—as of today (May 1)! a total of 30 professionals could be lost. “Surrounding ^counties are! ^ drawing off talent,” he"said, "... the; ~ primary issue is money.”
Andrew Kohler, a Rappahannock! County Elementary School Fifth; ; Grader, led off a parade of pleas for - additional school funds, and was more than eloquent in his appeal for . ' help for the teachers.
Mother of two Elizabeth Hilscher! praised the County and its teachers ■ and extolled the benefits of a smalt school system. She asked the Board! ! to pas&.the school budget and ttf _ ......restore- the nee tuition benefit for’3' out-of-county teacher’s children.
Fourth Grader Noel Johns told the ! board “how much I care for the school; and its teachers,” and asked that they“give our teachers more money.” * - •
Nearly a dozen others spoke of! the need to increase the school bud-*. get to give the teachers a 7 percent pay increase and to restore the free '! tuition benefit. Supervisors were largely supportive of the need to offer additional salary increases to stem the tide of the departures, but Administrator John McCarthy and County Attorney Peter Luke cautioned the board that they could not increase the school board budget without a public hearing. \ ~~'~
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