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