â¦â¦..The dust has settled with the reduction in force in Hancock County. Those employed in the system tell us the number of staff RFD far exceeds those 143 we were originally told. That number is said to be over 200. We shouldn’t be relying on the grapevine for our information. Superintendent Walt Saunders should be updating us on a regular basis as to how many were RFD and why it so far exceeded the original numbers.
………Saunders updated the WV School Board on the situation in Hancock County and he painted a pretty rosy picture on how we were accepting the cuts. That scenario is contrary to the one I and many others heard about. He told a sobbing teacher to get herself composed before she left his office and went back to her classroom. If these cuts must be done then they need to be done with empathy.
