Robert Eastham

Named 405 times. These are the 392 blocks the name was read from, in the order the paper printed them.

Apr 10, 1980 By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON ...and voted $44,070 for a double trailer at Tuesday’s meeting. In their vote, Robert Eastham, Walter Masterson and Allen Stokes stipulated that the modular unit is to be used solely for special education programs, including self-contained and resource classes for...
Apr 10, 1980 Traffic Hazards Robert Eastham pointed out two traffic hazards Traffic Hazards Robert Eastham pointed out two traffic hazards in Wakefield District. He requested first that “no parking” signs be posted along Route 647 at its intersection with Route 522 next to Fanners and Merchants Bank in Flint Hill. Trucks...
Apr 17, 1980 Action by the Rappahannock ...state, according to superintendent William Bloomer. At an April 8 meeting, board members Robert Eastham, Allen Stokes and Walter Masterson approved an allocation of $44,070 for a double modular unit to house two learning disabled and two mentally retarded classes...
Apr 17, 1980 The Rappahannock County School Trustee Electoral Board has agreed ...in the elementary school to confirm the appointments to the school board of Robert Eastham and Charles Eldred made last summer. At the same time, the trustees will consider candidates for upcoming vacancies in Piedmont and Jackson Districts, positions now...
Apr 17, 1980 information on liability coverage for bus drivers in case ...system. She expressed dismay over remarks made at an erarlier budget meeting by Robert Eastham who suggested that experienced teachers go back to school to become administrators in order to gain financial benefits for their years of experience. “We need...
Apr 17, 1980 Drivers Drivers (Continued from Page 2) Robert Eastham suggested that another item be addeJ for discussion: “the arbitrary and capricious interpretation by the state Department of Education of the General Assembly’s Standards of Quality in special education, that has undermined the...
May 1, 1980 members trom appointment by the current three-member board of ...electoral trustees carry through on their advertised intention of confirming last year’s appointments, Robert Eastham’s term as Wakefield representative will expire June 30, 1981. Walter Masterson’s term in Stonewall-Hawthorne will run out June 30,1982. The next supervisor elections will preceed...
May 1, 1980 Already Meeting Minimum School board member Robert Eastham maintained Already Meeting Minimum School board member Robert Eastham maintained that the budget approved by the board already exceeds the per pupil spending level set by the state. According to Eastham, the proposed budget for 1980-81 breaks down to per student...
May 8, 1980 the school board embarrassment, I want to publicly apologize,” ...member of the board, I certainly accept Dr. Bloomer’s apology and explanation,” countered Robert Eastham. He went on, however, to read a prepared statement, detailing the history of the proposed 1980-81 budget. But first he reminded the other board members...
May 8, 1980 According to the legal ...judged invalid. Commonwealth’s attorney Douglas Baumgardner explained that the appointments last June of Robert Eastham from Wakefield District and Charles Eldred from Hampton violated Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act, according to a ruling from Attorney General Marshall Coleman. A second...
May 15, 1980 By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON ...square footage per pupil. Based on the figures presented by Allen Stokes and Robert Eastham working in conjunction with Walter Masterson, the elementary school is even more underutilized with 69 per cent excess room compared to state guidelines.
May 15, 1980 Statistics can be twisted. The Rappahannock School Board’s space Statistics can be twisted. The Rappahannock School Board’s space analysis committee of Robert Eastham and Allen Stokes with assistance from Walter Masterson gave a classic example of how to misuse figures to prove a point at last Wednesday’s meeting. According...
May 22, 1980 Eldred questioned whether the high school currently has 43 ...recommended by the state as claimed in a space study report submitted by Robert Eastham and Allen Stokes two weeks ago. “I’m not prepared to accept the recommendations of two or three laymen,” Eldred wrote, referring to the space study...
May 22, 1980 By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON ...mechanical failure or human error and negligence,: according to the resolution presented by Robert Eastham.
May 22, 1980 On May 7 and 8, students at Rappahannock County ...build-up in the school’s boiler reached dangerous levels. Last Tuesday, school board member Robert Eastham devoted his energies to fixing the blame for the near-accident. The safety of Rappahannock youngsters would have been much better served if he’d directed his...
May 22, 1980 (Continued from Page 1) to get at the facts” (Continued from Page 1) to get at the facts” and intended no offense, Robert Eastham asked for the electrician’s qualifications as a boiler engineer. Clatterbuck replied that he had no training on boilers with the exception of a threeweek course...
May 22, 1980 People’s People’s Rights To the editor: Robert Eastham attacks the right of the people to have their representatives choose the school board by raising the red flag of higher taxes. The fact is that passage of the referendum will do no...
May 29, 1980 Dr. Werner Krebser from Huntly presented the trustees with ...has marked school board meetings since the appointment last year of Wakefield representative Robert Eastham. “The school sysrem, particularly the school children, is suffering,’' he maintained, adding that children are the county's biggest asset. ‘‘They won't amount to anything if...
May 29, 1980 By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON ...high school on May 15. According to the motion from school board member Robert Eastham, the inspection was to determine if boiler mishaps on May 7 and 8 that resulted in the evacuation of RCHS were the result of mechanical...
May 29, 1980 Rappahannock's democratic systems will be a long time in ...the appointments were invalid. In the meantime, actions by the new Wakefield representative, Robert Eastham, sparked a growing resentment among newcomers and oldtimers alike in the district he was appointed to represent. Appointed, we might add, by the three-member trustee...
May 29, 1980 vowed to replace the Hampton school board member Charles vowed to replace the Hampton school board member Charles Eldred and reaffirm Eastham’s appointment from Wakefield if the trustees were forced to admit their mistake. We ignored the repreated warnings, we continued to fight in this newspaper for adherence to...
May 29, 1980 At a public meeting on Friday, Mr. Arthur Smoot ...us, because Paul Nichols was the Wakefield representative in the first instance and Robert Eastham in the second. We well remember Mr. Nichols. He was the only board member to -4
May 29, 1980 Injustice ...done a severe injustice by the School Electoral Board with the appointment of Robert Eastham and J. Newbill Miller to the School Board. The travesty of holding a public hearing when the decisions have been made well in advance is...
May 29, 1980 Irresponsible Irresponsible To the editor: Thank you Mr. Johnson, Thank you Mr. Eastham. You have just demonstrated your narrow-mindedness and short-sightedness to the residents of Wakefield District and the rest of Rappahannock County. You have placed Robert Eastham back on the...
May 29, 1980 We will become expert fund-raisers, we will search for ...follow every legal route possible, to overturn the Electoral Board’s appointment of Mr. Robert Eastham and to see that this type of irresponsible action never has a chance to happen again. PHYLLIS IRWIN Flint Hill
May 29, 1980 Outraged ...around the county that the decision had already been made to reappoint Mr. Robert Eastham and to replace Mr. Charles Eldred. What happened at the meeting seemed to confirm the idea that the action taken had been previously determined and...
May 29, 1980 Sad ...in support of Mr. Guy Foster, the board reconfirmed the choice of Mr. Robert Eastham for the School Board. The selection perpetuates the rancor and chaos that have characterized Mr. Eastham’s dealings with the school administration, teachers and public for...
May 29, 1980 (Continued from Page 1) Wakefield District,” Krebser concluded. Hubert ...a good job,” Gilkey stated. Reporting on a conversation several weeks ago with Robert Eastham, Mrs. Lilo Foster said the incumbent had insisted he would not accept appointment for more than his original four-year term. “He said they could get...
May 29, 1980 Believes In Youth "I’ve been involved with local projects ...doing a good job.” Barksdale said. "I strongly represent the reappointment of Richard Eastham,” he concluded. “That’s Robert Eastham,” corrected trustee Granville - Eastham, brother of the incumbent school board member. “I go along with Mr. Barksdale,” added Nelson Atkins....
May 29, 1980 pointment of Guy Foster, Phyllis Irwin noted "a distinct ...four children who have completed school in Rappahannock and one still enrolled, described Robert Eastham as “one of the most capable men in this county" and called for his reappointment. Recalling the list of requirements for school board members handed...
May 29, 1980 I was against those petitions all the way,” Atkins ...was against those petitions all the way,” Atkins countered. “Mr. Atkins implied that Robert Eastham is a taxpayer and Guy Foster is not,” noted Charlotte Turnmeyer. “Guy Foster is a taxpayer too,” she stated. "1 pay no real estate property...
May 29, 1980 Chair Relinquished ‘Til step down from the chair to Chair Relinquished ‘Til step down from the chair to nominate Robert Eastham,” said Johnson when there ^ere no further speakers on the Wakefield appointment. "That in effect elects Robert Eastham but I guess we should vote,” he added after Granville...
Jun 5, 1980 bursement based on bursement based on depreciation of the vehicle. Robert Eastham asked if there wasn't money available for cars in the increased support of the sheriffs department by the state. Buntin explained that the state will pick up all salaries and a...
Jun 5, 1980 Arabs,” he said. Luke added ...the end of the year to another category for expenditure. School board member Robert Eastham interjected that the board has also taken steps to reduce-the mileage traveled by the school’s transportation fleet. "We've put together as wise a provision as...
Jun 12, 1980 that she’d tried unsuccessfully to have her fellow members ...used to balance cuts in the 1980-81 budget. No Surplus Spent? Board member Robert Eastham announced that the school board had agreed not to use any of its left-over money this year, instead returning all surplus to the county treasury....
Jun 12, 1980 The state supervisor of ...school buildings, the same expert cited as the authority behind Allen Stokes and Robert Eastham’s building space study, shot that study full of holes at Monday night’s meeting of the Rappahannock school board. In a report submitted last month. Stokes...
Jun 12, 1980 informed the board that his ...that’s “completely independent, completely correct and completely supplemental ti the groundwork you lay.” Eastham asked for assurances that the state department would be impartial and not swayed in favor of either position—building or not building. Study Already Done “Why should...
Jul 3, 1980 board member Robert board member Robert Eastham proposed that "the unexpended funds shall remain unexpended." "Did we start with a full coal bin?” asked Newbill Miller. Bloomer answered that the high school's storage bin had been full when the 1979-80 fiscal year began....
Jul 3, 1980 Irresponsible ...being penny wise and pound foolish. In a ridiculous gesture, which board member Robert Eastham called "fiscal responsibility.” the board voted to return just over $3900 to the county's general fund at the end of the 1979- 80 school budget....
Jul 17, 1980 The class for educable ...an 18page special education plan came as the result of a proposal from Robert Eastham and Allen Stokes to either partition existing special education classrooms