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he compared the lack of teacher pay increases to what he calculated was an average 5.1 percent administrative staff salary increase.
Holly Massie of the Rappahannock County Education Association said that she understood the fiscal climate, but hoped program and personnel reductions could be avoided and that teacher salaries could again become competitive in the future.
Bill Dietel chastised the Board for poor communications but also “saluted the Board and the Superintendent” for beginning the budget process by discussing long-term goals. He and other speakers chastised the Board for a too conservative budget, noting that taxpayers could afford increases to fund improvements in education.
A number of speakers commented in opposition to the elimination of the Volunteer Coordinator position, but it was later explained that the position was not slated to be eliminated. ... and David Massie
gets scholarships
RCHS Senior David Massie was presented with a pair of scholarships by Dick Harman, Media Relations Director of Atlantic Rural Exposition, Inc (ARE). Atlantic Rural Exposition is the private, nonprofit company, based in Richmond, that presents the
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