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_ - ~~' ~ N''~. ~c: - G.: ~ ~. ~~ L1.~ Ito refund it and start it up again. She asked that the supplemental tax be considered to make up the difference in the cuts and said education is # 1 priority. She asked that both school systems' budgets be funded in full. ~ Sarah Stewart: Spoke as a parent and a reading teacher. She asked that the Board consider the impact of the cuts on the children. She is in favor of funding the elementary remedial program. Pat Dalton: Spoke as a member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Federation of Teachers. She said this school system's budget contained "no luxuries, no frills" and asked that the .Board remember that cuts had already been made due to the short- fall. She said further cuts will affect direct services to the children. The requirement, according to Ms. Dalton, of a quality education_is tune, energy and commitment from the schools and money from the Board of Commissioners. Edwin Caldwell: Spoke as a member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education He said this is a "realistic budget".and that the School Board had already cut where it could. He said he was alarmed by the funding cuts being made in Washington and said they were not being picked up at the State level; therefore, it is up . to the Commissioners to pick up those cuts. He urged cooperation.between the .. Commissioners and school boards. Tom Walston: Spoke as a parent of children in Carrboro schools. He urged the Commissioners to support the budget request and fund it in full. He said the Manager's budget was insensitive to the needs of Orange County citizens. Linda Barber: Spoke as a teacher in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system. She is in favor of furl funding of•the budget request and for "planning for future quality education for children." She suggested increasing the supplemental tax to ensure commitment. to education. Robert Bryan: A•resident of Chapel Hill. Said he doesn't want to pay.in- creased taxes and asked the Commissioners to hold the line on taxes this year. . ~He said it is "inconceivable that these people can call this a 'bare bones' budget." Richard Andrews: Said that he wanted to enforce the previous speakers' exhortations with regard :to the education budget. He asked that the Chapel Hill- Carrboro schools' budget be funded in toto. There were no others who wished to speak. Chairman Whitted announced the Board work sessions on the budget and thanked those who had spoken this evening.