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- :, <br />5. TED PARRISH ,'member of the Chapel. Hi11 Board of Education and <br />speaking for David Parrish, spoke on the issue of equity. Two things to <br />consider in the discussion of equity are (1) making sure that both <br />districts have the same amount of people for educational. purposes and (2) <br />capacity. The issue needs to be discussed by reasonable people over a <br />fair amount of time rather than having budget deliberations to define <br />equity. <br />6. DAVE THADEN , Assistant Principal at Phillips Junior High, talked <br />about the relationship of quality education and the need to compete. <br />Phillips has received two successive grants to be a model school in math <br />and science. He stated that people come from all over to Chapel Hill <br />because of their quality school system. The people of Chapel Hill have <br />indicated their feelings about the school system with the funding of a <br />district tax. He encouraged the Board to take advantage of the fact that <br />the people have spoken in support of the district tax and use that tax to <br />fund the expansion budget. <br />7. DARYL DUNLAP , spoke for S' <br />Orange County School System. She <br />consideration the Board has given to <br />the Board help increase the morale of <br />mental increases as proposed by both <br />attract and keep quality teachers. <br />~ephen Kegg who <br />expressed her <br />the school budge <br />the teachers by <br />school boards. <br />is a teacher in the <br />thanks for the <br />,t. She asked that <br />~funding the supple- <br />This will also help <br />-,-~8. BARBARA DAY spoke on behalf of the Glenwood PTA. She stated her <br />support for the daycare and childcare issues mentioned above. The PTA <br />endorses the budget as proposed by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board. <br />She spoke about the teacher salaries and expressed a concern for <br />attracting and keeping quality teachers. She spoke in support of the <br />teacher supplements and the supplements for teacher aides. <br />9. MARTHA DILL , parent, property owner and teacher, addressed the <br />issue of equality of funding between the two school systems. The issue is <br />significant but is one that cannot be resolved in a budget deliberation. <br />it needs to be resolved at the state level. She stated that the teachers <br />in Chapel Hill are funded $700 below a number of other communities in <br />North Carolina. She asked that the Board effectively represent the voters <br />in Chapel Hill and support the Chapel Hill district tax. <br />10. JUDY HAIL teacher at Chapel Hill High School, spoke in support <br />of the increase in. the supplemental pay. She asked that the Soard <br />consider the role that they play in setting and enforcing the values in <br />the community. She used the Olympic Festival to compare the. values which <br />are set for this event and the values set for the schools. She asked that <br />the Board increase the supplement to show that they have not lost sight of <br />what is important in Orange County. <br />11. AL BALDWIN , teacher at Chapel Hill High School, commented on the <br />inadequate teacher salary. He stated that the teachers want to teach in a <br />community that cares as much about their teachers as the teachers care <br />about their children. <br />12. SARA CLAYTDR emphasized that medical insurance will be increased <br />by approximately 33% while teachers funded by the state may receive a 4.5~ <br />salary increase. The teacher salaries will erode and diminish. She <br />expressed concern for the classified employees and stated that many of the <br />teacher aides live at below the poverty level. This increased medical <br />cost will add an additional burden to these employees. She talked about <br />