Former chair of
Community Partners in Education (CPIE) Jerome Tucker continued:

Three weeks ago, at JL Lomax, I had lunch at Southeast Elementary Community
Partners in Education.
I didn’t see a Chamber […] person there; I didn’t see a CUEE member there.
How in the world are you going to know what’s going on in school
if you don’t go in?

[Applause]

He pointed out what most children want:

You don’t have to pay somebody an extraordinary amount of money
to come in and tell you what you need.
Most of the kids just want somebody to listen to them read,
and read to them.

He said if you want to participate, there’s a reading
program Thursday.

But if want to stand back in your ivory tower and decide what’s best
for my community, stay away.

[Applause]

He also asked:

What have you done?

Here’s

the video:

How will you know what’s going on in school if you don’t go in? –Jerome Tucker @ LCBOE 4 Oct 2011

Why we oppose consolidation,

Community Forum, Lowndes County Board of Education (LCBOE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 October 2011.

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

Then he talked about his experience; see

next post.

-jsq