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Tracy Carver, Chairperson of Efland-Cheeks Elementary School Governance Council, spoke in support of 100°lo funding for the OCS board's budget proposal. She thanked the County Commissioners for the past support of the requests made. The majority of the budget for Efland-Cheeks is regarding safety and security at the school. She recognized the school board and the Sheriff's Department for their support of the efforts to make this a safe school. Debra Ivey Elmore spoke as a concerned Efland-Cheeks parent. She asked the County Commissioners to please make our children's safety a top priority. She has a handicapped child and they face many issues each day that mast children da not have to face. She said that she knows two families that live in the Efland-Cheeks district that have applied to different schools in Orange County because of the safety issues there. Other schools in the County have lock-down procedures and have not had to use them. She said that these problems should have already been addressed. She asked that the County Commissioners support the OCS proposed budget 100°l0. Gordon Lee Martin is a parent and is also on the Governance Committee at Efland- Cheeks. He thanked Commissioner Halkiotis, Superior Court Judge Wade Barber, Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass, Superintendent Mike Williams, Lester Albright, Dave Gibbs, the Orange County Board of Education, and staff. He said that they could lose $661,000 next year because one of their schools is not considered safe. He asked the County Commissioners to please fund the Orange County Schools budget 100°~. Hervey McIver is on the Central Elementary School Governance Committee and asked for support of the Orange County Schools budget. He asked for a show of hands of people in support of the needs of children specifically at Central and those who were in support of the Orange County Schools budget. He said that the proposed budget allows for no expansion in the Orange County Schools. He made reference to the statistic given by Ms. Purcell about $0°~ of first graders that were not at an appropriate reading level. Carolyn Wilson was representing Cameron Park Elementary School. She said that they really need a Spanish teacher at their school. There is currently only one school in the system with a Spanish teacher. She said that at the very least, the schools should share the services of the Spanish teachers. There is also a strong need to update the media center at Cameron Park. The library is significantly behind other schools. She said that if it were not updated in the next few years, they would be at risk for not achieving accreditation through various educational organizations. Cameron Park has made efforts to raise money for the media center. Additionally, their school needs a social worker. They are also without a fulltime school nurse. Also, there is a lack of air conditioning in their gym. She asked the County Commissioners to support the Orange County Schools budget. Tanya Hedley spoke about the benefit of a second language for schools. She asked the County Commissioners to consider the introduction of Spanish in the primary school system . Don Owens is a parent of three children in Orange County Schools and he is the PTGO Chair at Cameron Park. He is concerned about the possibility of the school system getting only 85°l0 of what is requested in the school budget. He said that the school board and staff have done a remarkable job in working with very limited funds, but at