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How can a BUDGET CUT benefit our children in any way? Parents are providing snacks, many supplies, volunteering, fund raising all to make their children's schools a success and give their hard working dedicated teachers, administrators, staff , and all the cheerful supporting staff that watch, teach and care for our children in this very SPECIAL PART OF NORTH CAROLINA. Carrboro and Chapel Hill can only be considered some kind of wonderful!! Teachers salaries need BOOSTING NOT BURSTING!! Don't drive the teachers elsewhere - elevate and revere them because they are shaping our children's minds and at least for 7 + hours a day their attitudes!! Please support the budget the Board has proposed. Propose more tax dollars for education and teachers salaries - it's needed. Signed One Very Proud and Enthused Grandmother!!! Sent from my iPhone • Dear Orange County Commissioners and Ms. Hammersley: As you work on the budget for FY2015-16, could you take another look at the recommended allocation for Communities In Schools of Orange County? The 2014-15 allocation of$102K was cut by nearly $40K for FY2015-16. We would like to ask you to reconsider the allocation for CIS Orange and give back the $102K. Even with the pulling out of Orange County Schools, we plan to serve roughly the same number of students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. This past year we served 310-345 students from both districts and over 50% of the students were on free or reduced lunch. All of the students who are referred to us by their social workers and/or teachers will be given priority enrollment in the CIS afterschool program during the 2015-16 school year. Even though the $22K portion of the $102K was disbursed by us to Orange County Schools for its own afterschool programs, we could use this portion to help even more low-income students in CHCCS, who otherwise will be placed on a waiting list, which in turn means they will not get the services that they need to help them stay in school. With gratitude for your past support, my hands are folded for your continuing support, For the kids, Sarah Shapard • Dear Commissioners, My son is a first grade student in Chapel Hill. I am writing to encourage you to find a way to give full funding to the school systems in Orange County and Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Good teachers and teacher's assistants are what make a school a success and give our children the best chance to thrive. Without strong leadership and teaching support in the classrooms our children's opportunity to learn and grow is impacted. Please find a way to fund our schools. I can't think of anything more important than the way we educate our children. I know that you are in a difficult position and I appreciate that. But, I also believe that you are intelligent individuals with a capacity to think outside the box and to work together to find solutions. Good luck with your work in this matter. Please do your best to find a way to fully fund our schools.