{"id":1296,"date":"2011-11-08T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T20:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/what-will-happen-to-programs-and-splost-sam-allen-lcboe-4-october-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-11-08T15:25:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T20:25:21","slug":"what-will-happen-to-programs-and-splost-sam-allen-lcboe-4-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/what-will-happen-to-programs-and-splost-sam-allen-lcboe-4-october-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"What will happen to programs and SPLOST? &mdash;Sam Allen @ LCBOE 4 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C2ef39GgPvw&#038;list=PL251373485138A2AA&#038;index=22&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/C2ef39GgPvw\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nSam Allen offered his head as a\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/is-consolidation-inevitable-david-mullis-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html\">\ncrystal ball<\/a>.\nDr. Smith replied it wasn&#8217;t clear enough.\nEverybody laughed at that as this video started, in which Allen, president of\nFriends of Valdosta City Schools (FVCS), and former\nsuperintendent of Valdosta City Schools, asked several\nquestions, most of which Dr. Smith would have had to have had\na crystal ball to answer.\nThe questions included what will happen to certain programs,\nand what will happen to Valdosta School SPLOST funds.\n<p>\nLowndes County School System Attorney Warren Turner did clarify a bit of what\nwould happen if consolidation passes:\n<blockquote>\nIf consolidation occurs, there is no such thing as the Valdosta\nCity School System, from the date the Georgia Secretary of State approves it.\n<p>\nOnce they certify the election, there is no\ncentral office of the Valdosta City School System.\nThere is a property located on William Street that is part of the\nLowndes County School System&#8230;.\n<p>\nThe real question is where would the funds desginated for those facilities go,\nand can you even spend it?\nTax Commissioner doesn&#8217;t know; Attorney General doesn&#8217;t know; and we don&#8217;t know.\n<\/blockquote>\nSam Allen joked:\n<blockquote>\nCUEE, they probably know.\n<\/blockquote>\nEverybody thought that was pretty funny.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C2ef39GgPvw&#038;list=PL251373485138A2AA&#038;index=22&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2ef39GgPvw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nWhat will happen to programs and SPLOST? &mdash;Sam Allen @ LCBOE 4 October 2011\n<br>\nWhy we oppose consolidation,\n<br>\nCommunity Forum, Lowndes County Board of Education (LCBOE),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 October 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sam Allen offered his head as a crystal ball. 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