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By Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock News Writer
At its regular July meeting, the Rappahannock School Board had decided to expedite a decision on reinstituting the policy of offering free tuition benefits for the children of out-of-county employees. This policy was revoked, effective Jan. 1, 1999, by the previous Board, and the present Board wished to consider its reinstitution as an incentive for teacher recruitment and retention.
Franklin Warner opened disussions at the Tuesday, July 25 meeting by noting that he "had been quoted by the press that he was against it" (changing the policy), but that the press failed to note that he "was lobbied heavily." He suggested that the policy be changed to refer to teachers only instead of all school employees because the lobbying was in support of "a tool to retain teachers." He then forwarded a motion to so change the policy and to eliminate the date "Jan. 1, 1999" that effectively terminated the free tuition benefit for employees hired after that date. The motion was seconded by Aileen Johnson.
Rose Ann Sharp asked if the policy change should not apply to administrators as well, and Mr. Warner reaffirmed that his motion was restricted to teachers only. Rosa Crocker said that she hoped that the benefit would be used for administrators and for part-time teachers as well.
After additional Board discussion on the motion, Ms. Crocker noted that the Board had only discussed dropping the benefit termination date at the July 11 meeting, and if the policy change were not restricted to that change, more study should be
See TUITION, Page A7
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