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