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ties by about $t,500 or aver' age. Culpeper and Fauquier offer better pay — between approximately $400 and $13,000 more — at all levels of experience. Madison and Warren counties offer better pay at some levels but not others. Rappahannock beats only Page County in teacher salaries across the board.
Teacher attrition
And in the past few years, about two dozen Rappahannock teachers have left to take jobs elsewhere. According to data provided by Chappell, between 3004 and 3007. a total of 33 teachers left Rappahannock Five left for Fauquier, two left for Warren, one left for Culpeper one left for Page. 10 left for other Virginia counties and four left for other states
Some teachers are even now looking. A survey conducted in a recent state-sponsored review of Rappahannock schools found that t5 percent of teachers were actively seeking em ployment outside of Idle school district.
To make matters worse, next year two schools will open in Culpeper and two in Fauquier, providing employment opportunities for Rappahannock teachers considering other jobs.
“We re aware that new schools are opening,” Chappell said. “It does increase the openings that are viable for people to consider”
Chappell said he is hoping to keep teachers on staff with his proposed 3.5 percent pay raise.
“I feel like we have a good thing going in Rappahannock and Tm hoping that our people see it that way and I'm hoping that we can get a reasonable salary increase to hold some of those people.” he said
The two new schools in Culpeper — Eastern View Kigh School and Yoweli Elementary School — will open up 53- new positions, said Marla McKenna, Culpeper schools public information officer McKenna said most of the positions will likely be filled by teachers already working in Culpeper schools, but open positions will be advertised by the end of April.
Rappahannock has already lost staff to the new schools. Former Rappahannock County High School principal
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