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bar joists had been installed improperly and one wall had been set at an improper height and these problems had to be rectified, thus delaying roof installation. “The overall schedule is okay,” he noted. Much of the interior work— block fill painting, duct work, electrical and plumbing work—has been completed or is nearly complete.
He also informed the Board that preliminary results for writing sample SOL tests for grades 5, 8 and 11 had been received. With a 70 percent passing grade for the school, fifth graders had an 80 percent passing rate; eight graders a passing rate of 88.8 percent; and eleventh graders scored an 84.3 percent passing rate. Last year’s rates were 82.3, 62.5 and 80.5 for grades 5, 8 and 11 respectively.
Scrabble School preservation effort
launched
Speaking on behalf of the “Steering Committee for the Preservation of the Scrabble School,” Scrabble school alumni and current Rappahannock County School Board member Franklin Warner made a plea to the Board of Supervisors for the preservation of this historically significant property.
According to his letter of June 1 to the Board, “from 1922 to 1967 the Scrabble School provided education for hundreds of citizens of color resident in the County, at a time when the public schools were not open to these citizens.” The Scrabble School is located on the Scrabble dumpster site and, with the impending closing of the site, Mr. Warner and his group is seeking continued protection of the building and some time to “put together a group to do some1
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