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Chairman Mills opened the December meeting by thanking the Board and school administration for its wisdom and support and he expressed his appreciation for this “new family that has adopted me.”

• The Board okayed a resolution to declare the George Washington Carver-Piedmont Technical Education Center facility in Culpeper as surplus. which is a first step in the process of selling off the property that is owned by the counties participating in the program.

• Assistant Superintendent Jack Raines reported on a $100 donation by Melanie Smith to be used for classroom supplies. The Board accepted the donation with gratitude.

• Policy and Legal Committee member Franklin Warner noted that discussion on a new leave policy would be tabled until January. Aline Johnson said that there had been enough discussion on the subject and that the Board needed to act on the policy in January.

heard the first results of the Kid Pan Alley approach, and many more across the country will soon have the same opportunity. All one needs to do is to listen to “Tidal Wave of Song” to know that this project “done good.” As John McCutcheon, a Rounder recording artist and nonRappahannock resident said, “Tidal Wave of Song is a veritable tsunami of homegrown music from Rappahannock County, Va. Wide-ranging, surprising and fun. But my favorite thing about the CD is that it is one of the most community-based projects I’ve ever heard. From start to finish it sings a song that could and should be lifted in every neighborhood, county and country: This is who we are! I love it!”

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