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the county’s schools was Gorfein said it was the children, all of which are filled with boundless possibilities.
“We have to work to get the community to understand they are our responsibility even if they are not our children. We are all part of the fabric of our community,” she said.
Gorfein’s statements, like several others, included opposition to the recently implemented No Child Left Behind Act.
“The ‘leave no child behind’ slogan isn’t a slogan that works for me,” she said.
She feels that this method of education requires schools to constantly look over their shoulder, instead of looking forward to the dreams she feels they should have.
Oyster, her opponent, has lived in the county with his wife and six children for 15 years. He currently has four children in Rappahannock’s schools, he said. A graduate of Duke University, Oyster is a lawyer and coach pf the high school’s golf team. He has also served on the county’s library board as well as being among a group of residents who raised funds for the creation of a new football program at the high school last year.
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