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18 <br /> 1 The average public school teacher's salary dropped 15.7% from 2001-2012. This means that <br /> 2 North Carolina was 51st in the country in terms of growth in teacher pay during that decade. At <br /> 3 the same time, the state is requiring more and more student testing and other expectations of <br /> 4 teachers. Teachers are now getting paid less for more work. No one goes into teaching to get <br /> 5 rich, but anyone would be demoralized under those conditions. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Much of the CHCCS budget request would provide funding to support a raise for locally paid <br /> 8 teachers and staff; funding to cover mandated medical and retirement matching increases; and <br /> 9 funding to support positions that had been previously supported by fund balance. Not fully <br /> 10 funding the budget would require cutting more than $3 million and would result in significant <br /> 11 position losses and services in our school. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 I'm sure you have been trying your best to do so despite increasing pressures from state <br /> 14 reductions, but please increase the amount of funding for public education. Our students are <br /> 15 worth it. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Sincerely, <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Rania Combs <br /> 20 110 Garden Gate Drive <br /> 21 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> 22 (919) 537-8079 <br /> 23 <br /> 24 <br /> 25 From: Daniel Bernard <br /> 26 Phone Number: 9199045541 <br /> 27 Message: <br /> 28 County commissioners: I know the problem is not of your creation, but you are our last resort. <br /> 29 Public schools in this state are slipping to an unacceptably low level of quality. I am saddened to <br /> 30 hear the commissioners only funded $95 per pupil when the CHCCS school district asked for <br /> 31 $314. You need to do more to keep the schools from slipping into disaster. Please tell me how <br /> 32 we can find more local funds for the school district. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 <br /> 35 From: Sara Skinner <br /> 36 Phone Number: 9199292565 <br /> 37 Message: <br /> 38 Dear County Commissioners, <br /> 39 <br /> 40 I am writing to ask you to please fully fund the Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br /> 41 Schools budgets. Here's why: <br /> 42 <br /> 43 1. Education drives economic growth; and my husband's business needs good schools. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 We chose Carrboro because of the great schools. After moving here, my husband founded a <br /> 46 medical device start-up in Chapel Hill. His company needs good public schools in order to <br /> 47 thrive: so that he can hire well-educated employees from here, and so that he can recruit talent <br /> 48 from out of state. (One of the first questions people ask a head-hunter is: How are the public <br /> 49 schools?) This is just one example of how good schools drive economic development. <br /> 50 <br /> 51 2. Our kids are worth it. <br /> 52 <br />