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D, . r� is/ ‘ -/7-e7 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS LINCOLN CENTER, MERRITT MILL ROAD CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA 27514 The Board of Education Telephone: 919/967-8211 MEMORANDUM TO: Shirley Marshall , Chair FROM: Sue Baker, Chair DATE: June 17, 1987 RE: Board Response to Suggested Task Force The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education discussed the task force sug- gested in your June 5 memo at its June 15, 1987, meeting. The Board reached consensus on the following points: - --- 1. The Board reaffirms its budget proposal as submitted. We —arc the- publicly elected advocates for education and in that role know what needs exist for our students and employees as well as what the community will support. 2. We find that calling for a task force in the middle of the budget process weakens the integrity of the budget process as we understand it. We set our annual goals upon which our budget proposal is based. The employee supplements were to implement a goal from 1986-87 relating to a need to increase job satisfaction. We are ----- - - asking that the compensation paid our teachers and support staff be adjusted to more nearly equalize the national average, and indeed the average of neighboring school systems so that we can maintain the high standards currently enjoyed by our schools. We cannot do this if we are required to stand still while other schools are moving forward in response to recommendations of state and national commissions that a higher priority be awarded to education. - 3._ We- need more information from the Board of Commissioners about their definition of parity and equity. We have questions concerning what are the differences between the costs of living in Chapel Hill-Carrboro versus Orange County. Are the job expectations equal in both systems? What effect does the career ladder funding in Orange County have on the perceived inequity between the two school systems? If equity has to do with equal funding, the County Commissioners already have the authority to increase the per pupil allotment. We ask that our budget request be reviewed and acted upon as it has been submitted. After the county budget is approved, we will be willing to be involved in discussions with the County Commissioners on the issues pertaining to the financial status of both school systems.