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16 <br /> 1 Rachel Kline said she is a teacher at McDougle Elementary. She said that there have been <br /> 2 many concerns discussed, especially the impact of displacing the most vulnerable ones. She said <br /> 3 that as a teacher she is all for funding schools. She said there is an impact on the children with a <br /> 4 safe and comfortable environment. She said there is a high likelihood that she and her fellow <br /> 5 teachers will not be able to continue working together. She said she has a wonderful team of <br /> 6 people that she works with. She said it is challenging for schools to find teachers and it will be <br /> 7 hard to hire high quality equity focused teachers when they are unsure of their future. She said <br /> 8 that the plans suggest that they will get to stay but there is no definitive answer on how. She said <br /> 9 there is no set plan for how they will be distributed as staff. She asked the Board to ask the <br /> 10 CHCCS district to look into the plan and make the adjustments necessary. She said that until they <br /> 11 are sure that this plan puts equity first, she will vote no on the bond. <br /> 12 Kari Hamel said neither Orange County nor the school districts have adequate internal <br /> 13 controls to reasonably protect the taxpayer's investment on the bond. She said that there is other <br /> 14 debt that does not get talked about either. She said that she has expressed concerns and asked <br /> 15 questions that have not been responded to on the 2016 bond. She said that some of those <br /> 16 questions are about change orders and disregarded disclosure requirements about those change <br /> 17 orders. She said that the county's accountability over the school system and other funding <br /> 18 recipients is abysmal. She said that there are recent revelations of overtime abuses and subsidy <br /> 19 amounts to the Soccer.com center that may be more than half of what is allocated to non-profit <br /> 20 direct service providers in the county. She said that the Soccer.Com center is next to the school, <br /> 21 and she read an excerpt from the capital outlay policy that the commissioners have the intent to <br /> 22 evaluate all new schools for all future community uses including parks and recreation facilities. <br /> 23 She asked if the two elementary schools that are planned will be designed and constructed the <br /> 24 same and will the elementary schools also be constructed at the same time to save funds. She <br /> 25 asked why a debt oversight committee has not already started to meet to review current debt <br /> 26 spending in anticipation of the bond plus the additional non-voted debt. She said that the Gravely <br /> 27 students had no math teachers for over a year. She said that there should be a debt committee. <br /> 28 She said the collapsed light-rail project and the impact on Orange County taxpayers has not <br /> 29 resulted in any oversight to spending or policy changes in the county. <br /> 30 Mary Lobo said she is an Estes Hills parent. She said that they moved to the neighborhood <br /> 31 and loved the school being so close. She said that there is a real sense of community. She said <br /> 32 there are negatives to consolidation besides economics. She said when the schools are bigger, it <br /> 33 becomes less personal. She said that Estes has started a "bike bus" and a "traffic garden" that <br /> 34 are bike and pedestrian friendly for the kids. She said facilities are not all there is to a school. She <br /> 35 said that people want to support schools but that a lot of people feel that if they vote for the bond, <br /> 36 they are voting to close their school. <br /> 37 Joe Hicken said he is a McDougle Elementary parent. He described what makes a <br /> 38 community in a school. He said this is the first time that the community has been heard or listened <br /> 39 to. He said it is concerning to provide all of this cash. He asked if it was the facilities of the schools <br /> 40 or the people that made the impacts on them as adults. He said that his neighbors look at the <br /> 41 plan and scratch their heads. He said it erodes fundamental aspects of community. He asked <br /> 42 the Board to use formal and informal instruments at their disposal to communicate that they should <br /> 43 be intentional about plans and not bake in uncertainty. He said they could build an Orange County <br /> 44 that really is excellent in comparison to the rest of the state. <br /> 45 Kendall Schenkenberg said she grew up in Chapel Hill and had the greatest education. <br /> 46 She said she moved back to the area to give her kids the type of growing up that she had. She <br /> 47 said her kindergartener is slated to attend Carrboro Elementary and Frank Porter Graham <br /> 48 Elementary, both of which are slated to close. She asked the Board to talk to the Orange County <br /> 49 School Board and ask them to change the plan and to find a better way to support children. <br /> 50 Liam Kennealy said he is a student at McDougle Middle School. He said that he would not <br /> 51 be able to walk to school and that he would have to be bussed when there are already issues with <br />
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