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-&appaf)annocfe JJetosEstablished 1877 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, PUBLISHER Mary Ann Kuhn, Editor Peter W. Arundel, President John T. Toler, Executive Vice President To Subscribe Phone (540) 675-3338 BY MAIL: $21 a year in Rappahannock County $27 a year elsewhere in the United States Back Copies: Recent 2 months, 50 cents Older copies to 1960, $5 (as available) Office: 249 Main Street, Washington, Va. Mailing address: P.O. Box 59'Washington, Va. 22747-0059 Telephone (540) 675-3338 Fax: (540) 675-3088 e-mail: makuhn@timespapers.com Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Monday-Friday Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations www.TimesCommunity.com THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2003
Our View
School days
Children around the country have started back to school but nowhere will they have quite the same experience as the students who returned to the Rappahannock public schools on Monday. In the elementary school and high school, students were greeted with smiling faces as both new and returning faculty eagerly began the coming year. This eclectic body of educators will bring together their diverse experiences from living in England to traveling through Mexico and use this knowledge to better educate their students. More important though, is what they have already done, even in the first week of school. They have found a way of educating students with a uniquely Rappahannock flavor, where even the principals work to make education as personal as possible. Roger Mello, high school principal, could be seen Monday afternoon standing in the commons talking with one of his students about how much fun one of her classes was going to be this year. At the elementary school new principal David Covington ended the first day of school by telling everyone within earshot how impressed he was with his students and their smooth transition back into learning. And we have the School Board to thank for ensuring that children at RCES and RCHS can attend school free from fear. Rappahannock's new tough policy on weapons, which Superintendent Bob Chappell has referred to as a "no nonsense stance," bans weapons on school property. Students here are starting off a year full of educational possibilities thanks to a caring administration, eclectic group of teachers and safe schools.
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