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Parents and board press for rules after senior class cruise raises fundraising and chaperone questions
Summary
Rappahannock County School Board members heard parental concerns about transparency in the Class of 2026’s fundraising and who accompanied students on a recent cruise, and directed staff to draft regulations clarifying overnight trip chaperones, fundraising accounting and insurance coverage.
Rappahannock County School Board members on April 14 confronted questions about who was allowed to accompany students on a senior-class cruise and how the class raised roughly $70,000 for the trip.
During a lengthy discussion, multiple board members and parents said they had received calls from community members asking whether non‑employees who appeared with students on the cruise were covered by school insurance or had paid their own way. One parent who addressed the board asked the community to submit comments to the county comprehensive‑plan process and separately urged apprenticeship opportunities for advanced CTE students; several parents then raised the cruise question during the…
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