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7 <br /> returns for the County will be many times that amount. <br /> 36. KANI HUROW , representing Virginia Cunningham, President of the <br /> League of Women Voters of Chapel Hill/Carrboro, made a statement <br /> supporting the local effort to fund the total budget for the Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro City Schools. The League asked the Board to meet their <br /> responsibility to adequately fund the capital needs of both school systems <br /> in the County, and to support the recommendation from the 1985 School <br /> Capital Needs Task Force to build the school facilities needed. The <br /> League urged the Board of Commissioners to establish a calendar as soon as <br /> possible which could make bonds a reality. <br /> 37. BARBARA LAWLER , Principal of Sewell Elementary, spoke about the <br /> computer labs noting that Sewell has 28 computers, several printers and a <br /> large amount of software in the school as does all the elementary schools. <br /> Sewell is in need of two additional classrooms. She urged the <br /> Commissioners to fund the entire budget for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> Schools. <br /> 38. CRAWFORD GOODWIN , Chairman of the Preservation Fund of <br /> Hillsborough, noted that the principal project is the restoration of the <br /> Alexander-Dixon Home which will become a visitors center for Orange <br /> County. He told about the two phases of the restoration. The second <br /> phase includes the renovation of the interior portion of the structure and <br /> is scheduled for completion in time for the bicentennial next year. <br /> Contributions have been received from local businesses as well as from <br /> local governments. He asked that the County consider making a <br /> contribution to this project. <br /> 39. TOM METZGUER , employee of the Orange County Schools, concerned <br /> citizen and parent, expressed disappointment in the Manager's budget. A <br /> major task facing the County is to facilitate the desired growth and <br /> education which is the most important aspect of this desired projectory. <br /> He would like to see the County go upward in their commitment toward <br /> education. <br /> 40. ELAINE FOSTER spoke about a project for emotionally troubled <br /> preschoolers. As a director of a pre-school for eight years she has seen <br /> children and families in need of consultation services that were <br /> unavailable. Currently as an educational consultant in Wake County, she <br /> is requested funds for a beginning model. She reviewed a case she is <br /> working on to show how a consultation service helps in a given situation. <br /> She urged the Commissioners to fund the project stating that early <br /> intervention will help with problems that may develop later in life. <br /> 41. LORNA CHAFE , Director for the Community School for People Under <br /> Six and also a social worker with experience working with emotionally <br /> troubled children, told about a three year old child who was emotionally <br /> troubled. She asked that the Board consider funding the full amount <br /> requested. <br /> 42 . SUSAN MCCLANAHAN , spoke on behalf of parents of little children. <br /> She stressed that the consultation service will serve a great many normal <br /> children as well as those who are severely troubled. A normal child who <br /> has just experienced a great lost of a loved one may not know how to <br /> handle his feelings and the parents may not understand the behavior <br /> displayed by the child and able to deal with it in a rational way. There <br /> needs to be a support system to help that parent once again enjoy the <br /> child. The proposed project would provide free services through the <br />