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stretched further, whether it means larger classes or less <br />services. The quality of programs will suffer as even more <br />children have to be served by the same amount of resources. <br />And so tonight, I ask you to fully fund all the budget. It's <br />easy for me to say I'd pay higher taxes if it means my <br />children will get the education they need for the 21st <br />century. But for some it's not so simple. Therefore, you <br />must continue your leadership to look for more education <br />funding and economic development. <br />I also ask you to do more this year than just talk about the <br />drain of state funds. I ask you to put your words into <br />action and work with us on the state level to have caps <br />removed for exceptional children, with sufficient extra <br />funding, as well as to stop the downward spiral of per pupil <br />expenditure. You have to let our legislators know how much <br />it is hurting our schools. <br />And most of all, I speak to you in the community to share in <br />the responsibility of educating our children - -the very least <br />we can assure all our children is a good education. <br />Certainly a community that worries about the fate of <br />lobsters and beavers can worry about the fate of its most <br />important resource, its children. Please give the <br />commissioners your support, too, to fund all the proposed <br />budget and the proposed school bond. <br />Thank you for this opportunity to speak before you. <br />Mrs. Mary Kessler <br />704 Bolin Creek Drive <br />Carrboro, NC 27510 <br />