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6/5/1995
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IX-A
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Minutes - 19950605
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NSN ORD-1995-005 Educational Facilities Impact Fee Ordinance - Agenda 6-5-1995 - IX-A
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Presentation to Orange County Commissioners by Peter Morcombe <br /> at the Orange County Courtroom on May 25, 1995 18 <br /> I am a parent with a child attending the Carrboro elementary school. It will therefore <br /> be no surprise that I want to see more money spent in the classroom and more schools <br /> constructed. However, there is no need to raise our taxes. Just eliminate the waste. Some <br /> weeks ago I called one of the Commissioners to ask why he was so eager to raise taxes and yet <br /> had shown no interest in cutting waste. He replied that expenditures in our public schools are <br /> in line with others in North Carolina. He is right. We are in line with public schools across <br /> the state and across the nation. American public schools spend more than any other country <br /> and yet rank near the bottom in scholastic achievement. Private schools get the job done with <br /> half the dollars per student. Until some progress has been made to close this gap, you should <br /> not even think of raising taxes. <br /> Three months ago, grass roots organizations from all over North Carolina made <br /> presentations on education to state legislators. State House members did not restrict us to three <br /> minutes. They listened to us and they are acting to reduce the size of government at state <br /> level. Now I ask you to follow their lead and reduce the size of government at the local level. <br /> In Raleigh, our presentation had fifteen charts. To comply with your time limit, the <br /> presentation has been condensed to a single chart. This chart compares the number of <br /> administrators in the CHCCS system to private schools with the same student enrollment. Ask <br /> yourselves whether the extra administrators in the public schools help or hinder academic <br /> achievement. Comparisons of service personnel show a similar picture. <br /> Public education in North Carolina accounts for 95% of the market. This constitutes a <br /> monopoly. When you have a monopoly, the management is always right and the customers <br /> are always wrong. The result is widespread discontent with our public schools. For example, <br /> taxpayers are frustrated because there is no meaningful fiscal oversight. The budgets presented <br /> to you hide 90% of the expenditures in the continuation budget which you rubber stamp every <br /> year. The continuation budget includes all of the programs from previous years, even if they <br /> have failed. We need zero based budgets to permit all expenditures to be reviewed. Today, <br /> you are being asked to approve the purchase of more deck chairs for the Titanic. You are not <br /> given any information on what is happening on the bridge or below the main deck. Our <br /> education administrators expect you to trust them because they are professionals. Just <br /> remember that the Titanic was built by professionals and the Ark was built by amateurs. <br /> Attachment: Administrators: Public vs. Private <br />
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