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I can’t sit back without responding with facts —Etta Mims

Received 4 Oct 2011. -jsq

Greed
is an excessive desire to possess wealth or goods with the intention
to keep it for one’s self. Greed is inappropriate expectation.
However, greed is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and
pursuit of wealth, status, and power. —Wikipedia

We
would like to think that our community “leaders” are not full of
pride and greed, but please listen closely:

  • The
    CUEE Board did NOT
    meet with both school boards prior to sending the petition around
    town.
  • Troup
    County Schools have not
    met AYP in 8 years.
  • Tennessee’s
    Hamilton County system, the entire district, is currently high
    priority. This means they have had two
    years of bad results    .
    This is the school used in CUEE’s original study.
  • CUEE’s
    expert
    Steve Prigohzy said,

    "If you believe in the end that running
    one system is cheaper than running two school systems. If in the end
    you are going to cast a vote for a single system because you think
    it would save money, I
    wouldn’t cast my vote
    I do not think it will save money."

  • If
    consolidation passes, there will be only
    7 Board Members representing almost 20,000 students    .

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Consolidation has nothing to do with improving our children’s education —Etta Mims

Received Thursday. -jsq

I know that there are many “newcomers” to the area which supported
consolidation until they connected the dots and realized this has nothing
to do with improving our children’s education.


See also
Valwood, CUEE, and the Chamber.

-jsq

Questions for CUEE —Etta Mims

Received today.

Updated 5PM 28 Sep 2011: Added preface and other changes to
the
document by Etta Mims.
-jsq

I am attaching an 8 page document I compiled this week to show


that
CUEE and the Vote Yes supporters are not answering the questions being
asked of them. They are dancing around the topics but these supporters
are spending alot of money to put our children and the employees of
both schools in danger of 4-5 years minimum of changes that will be
detrimental to all concerned.

Another interesting note, if you go to the Vote Yes page, and

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