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county, even if those children and their families reside in other counties. The Superintendent was emphatic in reporting that staff people in the Rappahannock schools work hard to determine who does and who does not qualify for Special Education, noting that the percentage of those awarded such services has been reduced slightly, from 18 percent to just under 16 percent.
Each year there is a handful of students who live in other counties whose parents want them to be in Rappahannock schools, for various reasons.
These able-bodied kids, not needing special ed, are charged an out-of-county tuition. The board this week approved an increase in that tuition to $8,018.
The figure is arrived at by dividing the expected number of pupils in both schools (995) into the amount of money (just under $8,000,000) that the county budgets for schools.
The health premium figures were also announced. The single teacher, or other school employee, pays nothing for the health plan, which includes dental. At the top end, the family plan costs the employee a few pennies under $273.00.
The school board’s next meeting is Thursday evening, June 29th. It is what some call the “payback” meeting, when all the books are closed and the board finds out if any part of the system has any money left over to give back to the county.
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