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tremendous concern, but when Mr. McCarthy read the words “we will therefore be forced — out of necessity — to reconsider what is typically considered exempt,” he knew that meant our schools.
Primary and secondary education was exempt from the first round of cuts.
The schools were among the four core priorities the limited resources were reserved for.
The declining revenues has changed that.
The school budget is Rappahannock’s largest expense, made larger because of the way the state determines what to give each locality: the state’s funding formula works to Rappahannock’s disadvantage. Mr. McCarthy thought that a 15 percent across the board cut for the constitutional officers and their offices would hurt, “but
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