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Kappahannock County Sheriff Larry Sherertz said that, although the school system took the biggest “piece of the pie” in the county budget, he believed it was important to fund the school’s request and praised the teachers for their service to the children.
“People leave their jobs because of the way they feel at work, whether they feel supported or not," he said. “If the teachers do not feel supported then they will leave."
Amissville parent Jan Makela encouraged citizens to recognize and support the people working within the school as a community.
“The school system is an easy target," she said, “but it is not fair to teachers, employees, administrators and volunteers. It’s not fair to beat them down and point the finger at them because we are truly in this all together as a community ”
Camille Racer, a mother with children in the school system, and a member of the Rappahannock County School Sports Alliance asked the Board of Supervisors to find a vision for the future of the county and use it.
“Don’t let the school budget be a clash between neighbors,” she pleaded. Racer asked citizens to remember that organizations such as RCSSA were saving taxpayer’s money for athletic programs.
Rich Hogan, also a member of RCSSA and a teacher at the school, spoke about watching the heavy turnover within the schools.
“My daughter is in seventh grade and she has had six math teachers in two years," he said. “There are a lot of reasons for that.”
Band booster Kathryn Treanor also spoke about school funding organizations.
“These organizations contribute not only dollars but hundreds and hundreds of hours of time so that the funding in the school system goes where it belongs.”
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