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OC schools have had very little increase in budget over the past six years, when our area has experienced great growth. I know the CHCCS have already absorbed $11 million in cuts over the last 10 years. There is nothing left to trim without slashing substantive services to instruction which will hurt students. As a property owner and taxpayer, I want to see a raise in the property tax rate to fully fund all schools in Orange County. Many thanks for your service, Emily Moseley From: Claire Nelson Phone Number: Message: I have taught third grade in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools for 18 years. Every year tough decisions have to be made regarding the budget. Chapel Hill has a diverse population of students all with legitimate needs. Our service needs are different from other districts. The demands are ever increasing. Classroom teachers need those additional resource and specialist positions to help us meet the needs of ALL our students. Please consider fully funding the budget request for the 2014-15 school year. Sincerely, Claire Nelson From: Alice Chuang Ivester Phone Number: 9196362749 Message: Dear Board of County Commissioners, I am writing to plead with you to fund the Chapel Hill 2014-2015 school budget. I understand that financially you have to make difficult decisions. I work as an educator and physician at UNC, and we are faced with some of the same decisions daily for patient care and for our medical student programs. It is hard sometimes to step forward and advocate, but because this is my job I try to remember that the best decisions are the ones that benefit my students and my patients first. I am proud to say that my child attends Chapel Hill public school. When I explain this to our physician friends who live elsewhere, they don't understand why our child goes to public school. I explain it very simply. Chapel Hill schools are excellent. Chapel Hill schools are diverse. Chapel Hill schools provide my child (and soon second child this fall) with a myriad of opportunities that I did not have going to private school growing up. Gifted education, music education, special needs education, arts education, language education...all of this is important and contributes to our NATIONAL reputation for having excellent schools. Our service needs are different from other districts and because this has always been recognized by you, we have been able to maintain this reputation of excellence. Please approve our budget so we can continue our diverse excellent educational programs. Regards, Alice Chuang, MD Associate Professor UNC School of Medicine From: Jennifer Carbrey