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60 <br /> 1 Vickie Feaster-Fornville, CHCCS School Board Member, offered broader remarks about the <br /> 2 interconnected challenges facing Orange County. She said the county must come together and figure out <br /> 3 a way to do more with less so that the people who have not had the less, who are the less than, can feel <br /> 4 that they are respected,they are seen,and they are given an opportunity to live in the county that's theirs. <br /> 5 She noted that the displacement of long-time residents, particularly those who have been in the county <br /> 6 for generations, is not a new problem and that many students have been lost not to charter schools but <br /> 7 because their families could no longer afford to live in Orange County. She said, if they don't look at the <br /> 8 housing epidemic and realize the same students served in the school districts are the same children that <br /> 9 are being served by social services, then they are missing the mark. <br /> 10 Chair Hamilton offered closing remarks with a summary of the presentations and discussion. She <br /> 11 returned to Rodney Trice's quote he shared earlier in the meeting. She committed to communicating the <br /> 12 Board's thinking throughout the upcoming budget process and invited school board members and the <br /> 13 public to attend, listen, and engage over the following month. <br /> 14 Rani Dasi expressed appreciation for the commissioners and noted that the choices before them <br /> 15 are not easy. She said the difficult conversation is occurring largely because the state is not doing what <br /> 16 it's supposed to do. She invited everyone listening to attend Kids Over Corporation Advocacy Day in <br /> 17 Raleigh the following day from 11 AM to 2 PM. She also publicly recognized Rodney Trice for his steady <br /> 18 leadership, noting that he has spent many hours going to Raleigh and talking to the House Oversight <br /> 19 Committee about the books in school libraries.She said he is a hero for his temperament, knowledge,and <br /> 20 leadership under pressure. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Adjournment <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Being that there was no further business,the meeting was adjourned at 9:24 p.m. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 27 Jean Hamilton, Chair <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Recorded by Tara May, Deputy Clerk to the Board <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Submitted for approval by Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board <br />