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School District, talked about full funding of the enhancements for t5 he exceptional children to provide the needed services in the schools. He supported a district tax increase. 40. CAROL CANTRELL, spoke as a representative of the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Association of Educators. She noted she believed in public school education, the educators and the people. She asked that the Board and Orange County do what is right for the public schools. 41. VERLA INSKO, taxpaying citizen, spoke in support of the budget as requested by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools. She asked that the officials at the local level take the responsibility to fund the needed programs that the State has indicated they will not continue to fund. She urged the board to fund the full budget for both school systems. 42. KAY SINGER, member-elect of the Orange County Board of Education, stressed the need for funding the roofing priorities. If the money for financing the roof repairs is taken out the allocation for capital needs it will leave only 0 $450,000 y the remaining repairs. She addressed the topic of removing the internal capps for the exceptional children programs and the additional requests in the budget for personnel, textbooks, etc. 43 . WALTER FAIRBAULT, Member of the Orange County Board of Education, indicated the proposed per pupil allocation is unrealistic and that the $818 per pupil is needed. He asked for support of both school budgets. 44. NORMAN HAITHCOCK, Member of the Orange County Board of Education, asked that consideration be given to exempt senior citizens from paying any tax increase in Orange County. Orange County is a team working together for the benefit of all children in Orange County. 45. STEWART BARBOUR, indicated his desire to see the learning disabled receive all the help they need and also the counselor maintained at Orange High School. He indicated his preference for a tax decrease of 10%. He asked that all architect and contractors be held responsible and liable for their faulty construction in the schools and the school systems merged. 46. LIBBA WELLS, psychotherapist in Orange count y, third counselor position at Orange High and asked that fundingsbe made available. She talked about the responsibility of providing an adequate education for the children in Orange County. There are needs that must be met. She spoke of the special district tax and stated her willingness to pay additional taxes to improve the quality of education for the children in the Orange County Schools. With no further public comments, the Public Hearing was closed. Don Willhoit, Chair Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk