The Support Cap was implemented by the General Assembly as a temporary austerity measure that unfortunately still has lingering impacts 16 years later.
Keith Perrigan
Keith Perrigan is superintendent of schools in Washington County, president of the Coalition of Small and Rural Schools of VA and a member of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization. He previously was superintendent in Bristol and Norton.
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Leveling the playing field for VHSL competitions
One sports team outscored its collective opponents this season by approximately 800 points, beating another team in the regional tournament by 82. The team scored 839 more points than the average team playing that sport in the United States.
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14 things that small and rural schools would like to see the state do
A state report recently documented how Virginia schools are underfunded relative to neighboring states. Here’s how to fix that.
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Virginia’s silent crisis: Student mental health
State study finds half of all middle school students and two-thirds of high school students are nervous, anxious, or on edge. Ten percent of middle school students and thirteen percent of high school students indicated that they had seriously considered suicide in the last twelve months.
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Three recommendations for budget conferees from a rural perspective
A challenge to leave a legacy.
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Virginia has the ability to fix our crumbling schools; do we have the will?
Using a fund originally intended for school construction, Virginia has spent 33 times more on teacher retirements over the past six years than on construction.
