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10 <br /> 1 Slide #18 <br /> FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET <br /> MISSION STATEMENT <br /> Orang a County:exists to provide gore rnmer tal seMe es needed by our <br /> Residents or mandated by the State of North Carolina. <br /> To provide these qualitk Services e ffi ciently,we must; <br /> ❑ Sen-e the Res idents of Orange County—Our Residern[s Come First; <br /> ❑ Depend on die energy,skills, and dedicaticm of at our ernployres and <br /> koiuntrera; <br /> ❑ Treat all our Residents and Employees with fairness,respect,"d <br /> unde rs iandir% <br /> l County Residerrr� Come Frise <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NOFM[CAROLINA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 3. Public Comments <br /> 5 <br /> 6 The board held a public hearing to receive comments on the FY23 recommended <br /> 7 budget. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee and seconded by Commissioner Fowler to <br /> 10 open the public hearing. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 13 <br /> 14 PUBLIC COMMENTS: <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Allison Jaillet thanked the Commissioners for the opportunity to speak. She said <br /> 17 teachers deserve more than the 3% raise and 6 weeks paid parental leave they are asking for. <br /> 18 She said she has taught science for the last 11 years in three different states and 2 different <br /> 19 countries. During these years she said she has had to break up physical fights resulting in her <br /> 20 own injuries, been sexually harassed and stalked by a student with no support from <br /> 21 administration because they said the student had to stay in her class to graduate, had weapons <br /> 22 brought into her classroom, had a student who died from gun violence, had a student who <br /> 23 overdosed, taken a pay cut when moving to North Carolina, had students cut themselves in her <br /> 24 classroom, been told to go back to her own country, been screamed at by parents, had <br /> 25 administration control her work visa, been emotionally abused by administration, and been <br /> 26 cursed at and called names. She said in 2019 the building beside her school exploded and she <br /> 27 sustained long term injuries. She said she returned to school after one week because her <br /> 28 administrator did not support teachers taking off extended time. She said she developed PTSD <br /> 29 and she still deals with the side effects. She said her husband left teaching, went back to <br /> 30 school, and now his starting salary is her maximum salary. She said she loves being a middle <br />