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RCES. You cannot blame all of this on the School Board or Dr. Chappell. Some of it yes, but not all. The Board of Supervisors drug their feet, if the money had been appropriated when asked for, things could have been started and materials bought before the prices went up.
Let me educate you on some facts about area taxes. Fauquier County tax base is $.99, Culpeper $.89, Orange $.84, Warren $.79 and Madison is $.59. Speaking of Madison County with the lowest tax base, three years ago they replaced their track, which is separate from the football field. It is State of the Art. They have the rubberized surface and hold track meets there. The cost was $150,000. They used local people, and they have brand new Bermuda Grass Football and Baseball Turf at a cost of $7500.00. The parents prepped the field and Southern Turf came in and laid it out. ALL LOCAL FOLKS! The football complex has lights and stadium bleachers.
Quoting the Madison A.D., “The improvements we have done have given our community a sense of pride and we have more students going out for sports than ever before.” What is wrong with this picture? For Pete $akes, we can’t even have a track meet. Madison’s tax base is less than
97.9%