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port the children. Please Day the bill.
We have cut to the bone. We cannot cut anymore. School is a great investment.
We have to have great teachers.
It was noted that because the government structure in Richmond believes that Rappahannock County has money laying around in heaps, in the manner of haystacks, that state and federal tunding have been reduced by $470,709.00. It was also noted that the plan to increase teacher salaries by 3.5 percent doesn’t even offset inflation, calculated at 4.1 percent. That calculation was apparently done before anyone looked at a neighborhood gasoline pump.
The remainder of the evening was given to the voices of the people.
The cost of stinginess in teacher salaries was evident in the face and voice of a high school senior, Zack Johnson, who explained to the supervisors, in clear language and gentle tones, the anguish over the loss of three especially impressive teachers, notably band instructor Matt Yonkey, who moved to Fauquier County where the pay is better. Said young Zack, “kids really care about their teachers and what happens to them.”
Margaret Lee of Flint Hill, who teaches language arts to 6th graders, had in mind those who like to say that teaching gets you a year’s pay for ten months work when she said, “If it’s
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