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Contact: Jenni Brockman Phone: 804-443-3357 Fax: 804-443-6781 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tappahannock (October 28, 2002) - Four area residents have a nearly statewide impact on education, thanks to their involvement with Church Schools in the (Episcopal) Diocese of Virginia. They joined the other members of the CSDV Board at St. Margaret's School on October 24 for the organization's thrice-yearly meeting. 
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David Charlton, President of Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia (center), confers with (left to right) J.B. Burch, Fred Moring and CSDV Chair L.H. Ginn III at the conclusion of the group's recent board meeting at St. Margaret's School. Charlton and Moring are White Stone residents.
"The Church has been in the education business for centuries," said CSDV President David Charlton, a White Stone resident. "We don't just teach skills, or the facts students need to know to get into college. We also develop integrity, service, leadership and character--values that our communities seek in their citizens." In Virginia, that history goes back to 1921, before every county had a public high school. The Episcopal Diocese founded St. Margaret's in Tappahannock and Christchurch in Middlesex County as part of its outreach to the rural Tidewater region. As a result, an entire generation of local leaders received an education that otherwise might have been unavailable. CSDV today serves as a holding company for St. Margaret's, Christchurch, two schools in Richmond and one in Alexandria, Charlton explained. Its functions are to ensure that the schools remain true to their Episcopal mission, and, much like a public school system, to provide loans for construction and other capital investments, hold title to the five institutions' property, and serve as the employer of record for faculty and staff. Each school is governed by its own board and operates with latitude to develop curricula and programs that best meet the needs of their unique student populations. While CSDV provides a modest contribution -- approximately 2.5% of St. Margaret's annual budget, for example -- the schools fund the majority of their operations through a combination of tuition and donations. In addition to Charlton, CSDV Board members from the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula include J. Frederick Moring of White Stone, Suzanne Thomas of Aylett, and Kay Remick, a part-time resident of Lancaster County. The board is chaired by L.H. Ginn III of Richmond, former chair of the St. Margaret's School Foundation Board and a long-time friend of the Tappahannock school. The other members of the church schools system are St. Catherine's, an 814-student, pre-K to 12, girls' day/boarding school in Richmond; St. Christopher's, an 896-student, pre-K to 12, boys' day school in Richmond; and St. Stephen and St. Agnes' School, a 1151-student, pre-K to 12, coed day school in Alexandria. Nationally, more than 165,000 students attend schools sponsored by the Episcopal Church; approximately 75% of them are non-Episcopalians. |
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