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20b 4. .MARY ANN KIMBALL, member of the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, asked for the Board's support of the Chapel Hill- Carrboro enhancement budget for exceptional children. She spoke about the help her son has received and the need for additional services for, } the handicapped children. `! 5. KATHY KERB, Women's Health Counseling Service, thanked the, Board for their continued support and asked that they support the County Y Manager's recommended budget. She listed the services offered and highlighted their educational outreach program. 6. ANDREW SHORT, Psychologist in private practice, urged .support of the enhancement budget for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. He indicated the-present services are not adequate and are spread too thin. What a child learns at school can greatly improve the quality of life at home. - 7. SUE BAKER, Chair Person of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education, spoke about the responsibility to the future of the community by assuring that the population comprises productive, literate, taxpaying citizens. She stated that the $450,000 recommended for capital is insufficient. She reviewed a survey and highlighted those programs in order of priority that show a need for improvement. 8. VICTORIA SHEY, Psychologist in Chapel Hill, asked the Board's support of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Budget with all the enhancements. She works with children who are disabled or handicapped and is proud that there is help for these children through the school system but stressed that the services are inadequate. She asked that the Board support the budget as requested. 9. DAN LUNSFORD, Superintendent of orange County Schools, asked for consideration of their total request as presented to the County Manager. lo. ELLEN RUSSELL, parent of two children in the Chapel Hill- j Carrboro School District, one of whom is handicapped, indicated the;.:., services are inadequate for the handicapped. She asked for full support~`~' of the total enhancement budget and support of the school tax. 11. HOWARD FRIED, Counselor in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School. District urged the passage of the budget in its entirety. The enhancement budget will not meet all the needs of the exceptional children but will help a great deal. He asked that the per pupil allocation for a college town be compared to other college towns along with the achievements of the standards. He stated that the citizens of Chapel Hill are willing to pay for good schools. 12. SARA CLAYTOR, Co-president of the American Federation of Teachers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools, spoke in support of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school budget and its enhancements. 13. SARAH STEWART, Co-president of the American Federation of Teachers, urged the Board to support the School budget request. She talked about the lack of supplies available for the special needs programs. The enhancements request in the budget are not enhancements but are merely catch-up items. She sited several instances where disabled children are not adequately served by the school system. She emphasized the need for additional reform and better pay for the teachers. She urged the Board to raise the district tax and fully fund the school budget. 14. JUDY JONES, teacher at Chapel Hill High School talked about the repairs needed in .the classrooms. She stressed that the enhancements in the budget are really needs. She expressed the need to maintain the program involving the 1/2 time Substance Abuse Coordinator ,, stating that the drug problem affects everyone and hinders learning. She indicated that the teachers would like to make a salary to enable them to live in the community in which they teach.