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out and removal of lagoon contents, opening up the lagoon liner, excavation and emplacement of precast concrete, and closing up of the liner-all of which would take two weeks to complete, weather permitting, and that would cost approximately $60,000. Given the uncertainty, Dr. Gangel offered an "Option B" that would involve the use of additional pumping capacity to pump out from below the liner and into the lagoon as a temporary fix, until the lagoon could be repaired properly when there is adequate time (next summer). A trial pump-out will be attempted on Aug. 9 and, if it is successful, the "Option B” approach will be taken immediately to ensure that the elementary school can be opened on Sept. 5.
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In his report, Superintendent Gangel also addressed the issue of the high school sign. At an earlier School Board meeting Sharon Kilpatrick recommended the correction or removal of the sigh over the entryway-it labels the school "Rappahannock High School" instead of "Rappahannock County High School." Dr. Gangel sought public comment about the sign but has not yet received any, and recommended that the sign be removed and stored until public reaction can be gauged. He received School Board consensus to do so.
He also reported back to the Board on its request to investigate the "moment of silence" for School Board meetings. Dr. Gangel said that the school attorney suggested the use of a legal test to determine the appropriateness and legality • of a "moment of silence."
The legal test is, he said, if one can say that the moment of silence is to reflect .on School Board business or upon the solemnity of the occasion and not on any religious contemplation, "then one passes the test." Former . School Board chair Dr. John Tble, during the public comments portion of the meeting, said that he was in "strong opposition to the Board accepting a moment of silence." "It invites a lawsuitit practically guarantees a lawsuit," he argued, and will distract the Board from its business of education.
Dr. Gangel also noted that
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