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By Nicholas M. Horrock
Rappahannock News Staff'Writer
The Headwaters’ organization and the Rappahannock County public schools have received a $3,500 grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to start planning for a “college access program” that would provide for the appointment of a college counselor and lead to scholarship funds, the School Board was told at its meeting last week.
Rappahannock public schools, with this initial planning money, will compete with others in the state to be chosen for the program.
Superintendent of Schools Robert Chappell said if the county were chosen for the Cooke foundation “college access program” grant it would provide funds to pay a college counselor and improve students’ chances for finding and obtaining scholarship money.
The high school reported that 67 percent of the 2004 graduating class said they intend to pursue further education and members of the class of 2004 won some $200,000 in scholarships for further study.
Amy Silver of Headwaters, who prepared the grant application, said winning of this planning
See GRANT, Page A7
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