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10 <br /> Slide #18 <br /> FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED MENDED BUDGET <br /> MISSION STATEMENT <br /> Orange County exists to provide governmental ser-iees needed by our <br /> Residents or mandated by the State of North Carolina. <br /> To provide these quality senices efficiently,we must,, <br /> ❑ Serve the Residents of Orange Courity—Our Re aidents Come Fist; <br /> ❑ Depend on the energy,skills, and dedication of all our employees and <br /> volunteers, <br /> ❑ Treat all our Residents and Employees with fairness,respect,and <br /> understandin& <br /> Qma," C'oynM Resrderrts Come F}rst <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> MOR71[CARDLEWL <br /> 3. Public Comments <br /> The board held a public hearing to receive comments on the FY23 recommended <br /> budget. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner McKee and seconded by Commissioner Fowler to <br /> open the public hearing. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> PUBLIC COMMENTS: <br /> Allison Jaillet thanked the Commissioners for the opportunity to speak. She said <br /> teachers deserve more than the 3% raise and 6 weeks paid parental leave they are asking for. <br /> She said she has taught science for the last 11 years in three different states and 2 different <br /> countries. During these years she said she has had to break up physical fights resulting in her <br /> own injuries, been sexually harassed and stalked by a student with no support from <br /> administration because they said the student had to stay in her class to graduate, had weapons <br /> brought into her classroom, had a student who died from gun violence, had a student who <br /> overdosed, taken a pay cut when moving to North Carolina, had students cut themselves in her <br /> classroom, been told to go back to her own country, been screamed at by parents, had <br /> administration control her work visa, been emotionally abused by administration, and been <br /> cursed at and called names. She said in 2019 the building beside her school exploded and she <br /> sustained long term injuries. She said she returned to school after one week because her <br /> administrator did not support teachers taking off extended time. She said she developed PTSD <br /> and she still deals with the side effects. She said her husband left teaching, went back to <br /> school, and now his starting salary is her maximum salary. She said she loves being a middle <br />