{"id":1300,"date":"2011-11-08T12:32:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T17:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/who-will-be-deciding-where-our-little-girls-go-to-school-sam-worthington-lcboe-4-october-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-11-08T12:32:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T17:32:28","slug":"who-will-be-deciding-where-our-little-girls-go-to-school-sam-worthington-lcboe-4-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/who-will-be-deciding-where-our-little-girls-go-to-school-sam-worthington-lcboe-4-october-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Who will be deciding where our little girls go to school? &#8211;Sam Worthington @ LCBOE 4 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mYq8KO2PBzg&#038;list=PL251373485138A2AA&#038;index=18&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/mYq8KO2PBzg\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nA local dentist asked the Lowndes County School Board and staff:\n<blockquote>\nTwo little girls, one is ten and in the county,\nanother is three and will be going to the county.\nWhen me and my wife moved into this area,\nwe spent a lot of time\ndeciding where we wanted to live mainly based upon\nbased on schools, and the schools&#8217; records; where we wanted our girls to go.\n<p>\nIf consolidation goes through, who will be deciding where our little girls\ngo to school?\n<\/blockquote>\nSupt. Smith said the Lowndes County Board of Education would make the\ninitial decision, but it would have to be approved by the Department of\nJustice,\n<blockquote>\nand we all know what that might be.\nI&#8217;d rather control it locally.\n<br>\n[applause]\n<\/blockquote>\nWe know because\n\n<!--more-->\nLowndes County School System Attorney Warren Turner and attorney Roy Copeland\nhad just told us\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/bussing-is-a-natural-consequence-of-consolidation-warren-turner-to-roy-copeland-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html\">bussing is a natural consequence of consolidation<\/a>.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mYq8KO2PBzg&#038;list=PL251373485138A2AA&#038;index=18&#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\/mYq8KO2PBzg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nWho will be deciding where our little girls go to school? &#8211;Sam Worthington @ 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":"A local dentist asked the Lowndes County School Board and staff: Two little girls, one is ten and in the county, another is three and will be going to the county. 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