{"id":1262,"date":"2011-11-18T14:23:22","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T19:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/fvcs-final-meeting-15-november-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-11-18T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T19:23:22","slug":"fvcs-final-meeting-15-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/fvcs-final-meeting-15-november-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"FVCS Final Meeting 15 November 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"Former electoral opponents met Tuesday as FVCS held\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/fvcs-community-event-530-pm-15-november-2011-mlk-monument.html\">\nits final meeting,<\/a>\nwith Rusty Griffin, Vice-Chair of CUEE,\nwatching at the MLK Monument as\nSam Allen, President of Friends of\nValdosta Schools (FVCS) announced the dissolution of FVCS.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6359071863\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6119\/6359071863_e3352b3097.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nSam Allen,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-sam-allen.html\">\nas he has before,<\/a>\ncalled for\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l5fzIuLfPoY&#038;list=PL50DF13BC2D112A4D&#038;index=3&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nreconciliation of opponents<\/a> on the recent school consolidation referendum,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6359090829\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6100\/6359090829_53eee088c3_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nand support of the two school systems,\nfinancially and otherwise.\n<p>\nIn addition to FVCS regulars such as JC Cunningham,\nChamber Chair Tom Gooding was there,\nas were current Valdosta Mayor Sonny Vickers and\nMayor-Elect John Gayle, plus re-elected Valdosta City Council At-Large Ben Norton.\nValdosta School Superintendent Cason was there.\nI didn&#8217;t see Lowndes Superintendent Smith,\nalthough various members of\n\n<!--more-->\nboth school boards were there.\nIndustrial Authority Chairman Roy Copeland was there,\nafter VLCIA&#8217;s own meeting concluded earlier than usual.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6359077441\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6035\/6359077441_660a07ef75_m.jpg\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6359080021\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6224\/6359080021_2abe51c4fb_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/repealing-the-1928-ga-school-consolidation-law.html\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"55\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/php\/include\/govt\/carterAmy.jpg\"><\/a>\nWe know there&#8217;s more work to do, starting with\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/57-year-overdue-house-cleaning-barbara-stratton.html\">\nrepealing the 1920s law<\/a> that CUEE used to get their consolidation\nreferendum on the ballot.\nHere is\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/repealing-the-1928-ga-school-consolidation-law.html\">\ncontact information for that.<\/a>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6359098947\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6111\/6359216061_a95052d35c_t.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe still pictures here are by me for LAKE,\nand the videos are by George Boston Rhynes for bostongbr on YouTube.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL50DF13BC2D112A4D\">\na playlist:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL50DF13BC2D112A4D&amp;hl=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\n<br>\nNo school consolidation,\n<br>\nFinal Meeting, Friends of Valdosta City Schools (FVCS),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 15 November 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by George Boston Rhynes for K.V.C.I., the bostongbr on YouTube.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former electoral opponents met Tuesday as FVCS held its final meeting, with Rusty Griffin, Vice-Chair of CUEE, watching at the MLK Monument as Sam Allen, President of Friends of Valdosta Schools (FVCS) announced the dissolution of FVCS. 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