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CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS <br />Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br />Telephone: (919) 967 -8211 <br />Neil G. Pedersen <br />Superintendent <br />TO: John Link <br />Orange County Manager <br />Moses Carey, Chair <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />Barry Jacobs <br />Orange County Commissioner <br />FROM: Neil G. Pedersen <br />Superintendent <br />Elizabeth Carter, Chair <br />Board of Education <br />Nick Didow, Vice -chair <br />Board of Education <br />RE: School Funding Formulas <br />DATE: February 27, 2000 <br />�7TA� <br />Ann Hart, Assistant Superintendent <br />For Instructional Services <br />Steve Scroggs, Interim Assistant Superintendent <br />For Support Services <br />As expressed in previous meetings, the Chapel Hill- Carrboro City School Board <br />believes that the discussion taking place with the County Commissioners regarding the <br />future funding of education in the County raises one of the most important issues facing <br />these elected officials. The Board of County Commissioners and the County Manager have <br />a long and strong history of support for public education. This support has been essential <br />as our enrollment has increased by 50 percent during the last decade and shows no signs of <br />letting up. At the same time, there is increased pressure to raise the level of academic <br />performance for all students and to provide competitive salaries to our staff, particularly our <br />teachers. Combined with the influx of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. <br />exceptional education students, 504 students, and charter school students, the costs for <br />education have been escalating. We understand the Commissioners' concerns about the <br />increasing tax rate and the number of competing needs in other service sectors. At the same <br />time, our community has demonstrated when it has gone to the polls to vote on bond <br />referenda and school board and county commissioner races that it wants a first -rate, well - <br />financed school system with the facilities needed to support this burgeoning enrollment. <br />