{"id":1304,"date":"2011-11-08T09:56:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T14:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/are-you-gonna-get-the-parents-involved-roy-taylor-lcboe-4-october-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-11-08T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T14:56:55","slug":"are-you-gonna-get-the-parents-involved-roy-taylor-lcboe-4-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/are-you-gonna-get-the-parents-involved-roy-taylor-lcboe-4-october-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Are you gonna get the parents involved? &mdash;Roy Taylor @ LCBOE 4 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"Roy Taylor said his grandson graduated from Lowndes County High.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sp2wkzNKANI&#038;list=PL251373485138A2AA&#038;index=16&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Sp2wkzNKANI\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nHe must be a lot older than he seems, since LCHS closed about\n1968 when it was combined with Hahira High School to create\nLowndes High School.\n<p>\nHe did have a good point, though (paraphrasing):\n80% of prisoners are less than 30 years old.\n<ul>\n<li>\n$60,000 a year to keep a person in prison.\n<li>\n$30,000 a year to keep them in college.\n<\/ul>\nHis question:\n<blockquote>\nAre you gonna get the parents involved?\n<\/blockquote>\nLowndes County Schools Supt. Smith responded that they are working\ndiligently through Community Partners in Education to do that.\nHe also talked about Valdosta and Lowndes schools already improving\ntheir graduation rates.\nAnd school, home, and community as three legs of a stool.\n<blockquote>\nWe&#8217;re striving to do better every day.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sp2wkzNKANI&#038;list=PL251373485138A2AA&#038;index=16&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sp2wkzNKANI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nAre you gonna get the parents involved? &mdash;Roy Taylor @ 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>\nAnd then Roy Taylor left, without listening to anybody else.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Taylor said his grandson graduated from Lowndes County High. 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