You can see them inside during
during the reading of the statement
and
after the vote.
Many of them spoke during Citizens to be Heard; video to come of that.
Here they are outside afterwards:
-jsq
Tag Archives: Friends of Valdosta City Schools
The end game is …. —Karen Noll
Received yesterday on
“the qualified voters voting thereon in each separate school system proposed to be consolidated”. -jsq
Questions abound: Why is it that Lowndes County residents will not be
voting on the most important issue to face their school system since
its inception in 1950?If I lived in the county I’d be mad that CUEE and the Chamber of Commerce
chose to leave my vote out of such a very important decision.Quick fact: Consolidation alone will not save money & Consolidation alone
will not improve academic success, according to
the Vinson Institute report commissioned by CUEE and the Chamber.
Further Query: Why would CUEE and the Chamber of Commerce spend $50
grand to collect the signatures for the petition causing the City of
Valdosta to spend thousands of tax dollars (2 staff dedicated to task &
4 temps hired) to verify the signatures on the petition?
dialogue on consolidation was a forbidden zone —Barbara Stratton
Received yesterday on
Videos of CUEE’s idea of a “public dialog”. -jsq
In their minds
every name signed as attending is part of their consensus, which is why
I never sign in. It is also why they keep trying to say
Sam Allen is for
consolidation even though
he chairs the group against consolidation.
I went to the June & July CUEE meetings just to see what they were
doing & to dialogue about consolidation. At both meetings dialogue on
consolidation was a forbidden zone. I keep telling you their game plan is
textbook UN Agenda 21. Debate is not allowed. They manipulate everything
to create what they misname “consensus” which means per their numbers &
statistics everyone who does not speak out against their agenda is for
their aganda including anyone who never shows up at all. In their minds
every name signed as attending is part of their consensus, which is why
I never sign in. It is also why they keep trying to say
Sam Allen is for
consolidation even though
he chairs the group against consolidation. They
made sure they got photos of him at the July meeting to further their
consensus game.If you live in the city or the county & you want to hear
real dialogue about consolidation
“It’s not about the children. It’s about somebody’s ego.” —Sam Allen, FVCS, 7 July 2011
Sam Allen asked in various ways:
“What about the children?”
He made it clear he doesn’t think school consolidation will help the children,
and it will definitely hurt current Valdosta teachers and staff,
so he says don’t do it.
Continuing
the FVCS press conference,
Sam Allen asked some good questions,
“If the school system was good enough for them, why isn’t it good enough for us?”
and
“If there’s not going to be any change, why are we doing it?”
Here’s
Part 1 of 9:
We’re here to save our schools —Sam Allen, FVCS, 7 July 2011
Sam Allen, former chair of the Valdosta school board and head of
Friends of Valdosta City Schools (FVCS) held
a press conference
to announce opposition after
CUEE announced 9,000 petitions for a referendum to
combine the Valdosta and Lowndes County school systems..
Why so late with the opposition?
Sam Allen explained:
“We were scared.
We were intimidated because we had heard about all these consultants coming down,
and all these studies being done.
So we just thought that we would just sit back and watch
and this thing would eventually go away like a bad dream.
But folks I want you to know it’s not going away like a bad dream.
It’s becoming a nightmare.Now we stand before you with one purpose in mind:
do not sign any petitions.
… If it comes to a vote, we want you to vote no.”
Guess they’re not scared any more.
He added: