Here’s a video playlist for the whole meeting: teacher hiring, board member training, and a statement against school consolidation, with additional comments by many citizens. Many of these videos have already been published in the VBOE 29 August 2011 category in this blog.

Videos of entire VBOE 29 August 2011 meeting
education, referendum, consolidation, statement,
Work Session, Valdosta Board of Education (VBOE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 29 August 2011.
Videos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

The playlist also includes other video material, such as the 6PM convening just to adjourn to executive session, the SRO crowd waiting 20 minutes before 7PM, hiring of four new teachers, board member training, parts 1, 2, and 3.

Material already posted includes the board deciding to put off any planning for a new elementary school because of the consolidation referendum, then finally their statement against school consolidation and their vote for it (except for Jeana Beeland).

Well, finally except for the many citizens who stood up and said something at the end, listed here in chronological order:

• John S. Quarterman: Consolidation won’t improve education so I see no need for it ever

• Craig Cardella: The most damaging useless thing

• David Mullis: Hamilton Co. TN is high priority school district

• JC Cunningham: Yield my 5 minutes to Sam Allen of FVCS

• Sam Allen, president of FVCS: Why can’t Winnersville have two great school systems?

• George Boston Rhynes: I have seen cameras here at this building when it concerns football

• Somebody tell me his name: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it and First thing they’ll do, is sell that stadium

Oh yes, and FVCS forming up outside for a group picture. No pictures of CUEE; sorry; if they were there they were awful quiet for a group that claims it is trying to improve education.

Congratulations to those who did attend.

Citizens actively participating in local government. Enjoy.

-jsq

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