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12 <br /> 1 schools in Orange County and I thank you for your future support. We vote based on support <br /> 2 for education. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Gentlemen and Ladies: <br /> 5 <br /> 6 I am writing to urge you to fully fund the Carrboro City School District's budget request. I have <br /> 7 two grandchildren who attend McDougle Elementary School, and I am impressed over and over <br /> 8 again with the kind of attention, dedication and professionalism my grandchildren's teachers <br /> 9 have exhibited over these past five years when my grandson began kindergarten. These <br /> 10 teachers need to be compensated well for what they do for our children and ultimately our entire <br /> 11 society. Please do not cut back the teacher's salaries nor do we want to cut back on the fine <br /> 12 programs that are offered at this school. Our children need them, we need them, and our <br /> 13 country needs them. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Yours truly, <br /> 16 Carolyn Fahey <br /> 17 Grandmother <br /> 18 <br /> 19 <br /> 20 From: Mira Brancu <br /> 21 Phone Number: 9192404278 <br /> 22 Message: <br /> 23 Dear County Commissioners, <br /> 24 Due to cuts in state funding, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School District has been requested to <br /> 25 make significant cuts ($2.2 million) in education. I am asking as a parent to please fully fund the <br /> 26 district's budget request. Most parents move to this area specifically because of the excellent <br /> 27 quality of education in this school district. We pay extremely high taxes specifically assuming <br /> 28 that a large portion of those taxes are going to education. The district has excellent teachers <br /> 29 who are underpaid and stretched very thin already with lack of school supplies for the kids, We <br /> 30 as parents already support the schools by volunteering our time and resources and purchasing <br /> 31 supplemental materials throughout the year in order to make up an already tight budget above <br /> 32 and beyond the high taxes we pay. Further cuts will probably drive our excellent teachers out <br /> 33 due to frustration at the lack of support. It will also anger parents who are already paying taxes <br /> 34 and purchasing additional ma! <br /> 35 terials and donating funds and time to the district. A quality education is one of the things that <br /> 36 makes the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district an extremely highly desirable place to live. If the <br /> 37 quality of education is compromised, more people will leave the community and less will be <br /> 38 interested in coming in, which will ultimately effect the overall economy of the area. Funding <br /> 39 education is actually an incredibly wise long-term investment in the community's economic <br /> 40 viability. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Thank you so much for your support and public service during such a tough fiscal time. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 From: Kelly Hogan <br /> 45 Phone Number: 9199603373 <br /> 46 Message: <br /> 47 Like many parents, I urge you to fund our schools. When Chapel Hill is listed as a great place to <br /> 48 live, it is for the people, the weather and the educational environment of our schools from <br /> 49 kindergarten right through UNC's graduate programs. I have a friend moving from Vermont, and <br /> 50 while she would rather live in Durham for proximity to her future work-- she would only look in <br /> 51 Chapel Hill because of the schools. Durham is making their city quite attractive in a lot of ways-- <br />