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CHCCS Superintendent and Board of Education Presentation: <br />CHCCS Board Chair Elizabeth Carter said that she is pleading their case and she supports <br />Superintendent Neil Pedersen's budget submission as well as the OCS budget submission. <br />She said that they are all aware that this is a bleak economic year, but the needs of students do <br />not disappear. She said that the monies they are requesting are no new monies, but <br />continuation and expansion of current programs. They are projecting 277 new students in the <br />district. She said that when she thinks of the school budget, she thinks of her household budget <br />where she does atrade-off. But when it comes to the school budget, it is different. She thinks <br />that we could do better for our students. She said that they are not able to open new facilities <br />this year and all of their schools are filled to the brim. She said that they have the responsibility <br />of advocating for the needs of the students. <br />Superintendent Neil Pedersen said that this is the most challenging budget they have had to <br />present. He said that he has been serving as an advisor to the State Board of Education, and at <br />the last board meeting, the Treasurer's office recognized the Finance and Budget office of the <br />OCS far its excellence and gave it an award as the best financial operation in the State. <br />