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he hates seeing people who care so much about their children and education in the <br />community thrown into such a level of anxiety, when the County Commissioners are <br />going to do the best they can. Parents need to be assured and not alarmed. He said <br />that, since it is unlikely they will fully fund both school budgets, and it may also be like <br />this next year, he would like to ask both school boards to consider setting up some <br />mechanism so that a parent who really believes in full funding of the budget can <br />calculate the difference between what the County Commissioners adopt and what full <br />funding would be, and be able to contribute it to the school system of their choice. He <br />thinks that some of the parents are serious in giving the money to the school systems. If <br />the County Commissioners do not tax them, it is not given. He honestly thinks that some <br />parents would welcome the opportunity to contribute. <br />Commissioner Gordon thanked both school boards and staff for their <br />presentations. She recognized that both school boards went on record in supporting a <br />tax increase. She said that this is a historic event. She said that she is committed to <br />seeing if there is some way to increase funding to the schools over what the Manager <br />proposed for the schools. She said that she would like the Manager to address the <br />BOCC guidelines for budgeting the lottery in arrears so that if the state does allocate <br />funding from the lottery, then it can be given this year to the schools for capital <br />expenses. <br />Chair Carey said that he has been around for 23 budgets, and the County <br />Commissioners always do the best that they can. He agreed that the anxiety of the <br />parents has been raised beyond anything he has ever seen. He thinks that the nature of <br />the language could be different, because the County Commissioners' history does not <br />indicate the kind of catastrophe that many people believe might occur. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner <br />Jacobs to adjourn the meeting at 9:56 p.m. until Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at <br />the Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough, N.C. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Donna S. Baker, CMC <br />Clerk to the Board <br />