{"id":1329,"date":"2011-10-30T11:12:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T15:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/any-parent-is-free-to-send-their-children-to-valdosta-schools-susan-wehling-vboe-25-october-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-10-30T11:12:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T15:12:28","slug":"any-parent-is-free-to-send-their-children-to-valdosta-schools-susan-wehling-vboe-25-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/any-parent-is-free-to-send-their-children-to-valdosta-schools-susan-wehling-vboe-25-october-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Any parent is free to send their children to Valdosta Schools &mdash;Susan Wehling @ VBOE 25 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"Susan Wehling made several good points Tuesday, including an invitation for CUEE to put their children where their mouth is, like she already has.\n<p>\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/82T6iFwq1bs\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/82T6iFwq1bs\/1.jpg\"><\/a>\nHi, I&#8217;m a parent, and I have three kids in school right now; one just graduated.\n<p>\nFirst of all, CUEE sent me flyers&#8230; to insult my schools&#8230;.\nThat was very hurtful for my children to read those flyers\ntelling them how bad my schools are.\nMy schools are not bad, and I&#8217;m very upset about that.\n<p>\n[applause]\n<\/blockquote>\nShe also said:\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nThese flyers talk about diversity and integration,\nand I&#8217;m confused because what I understood is that any parent\nwelcome to send their kids to Valdosta schools.\nis that not correct?\n<p>\n[Answer from staff:] Yes.\n<p>\nIf CUEE people are so concerned about consolidation and integration,\nwe welcome you to join our schools.\n<p>\n[cheers and applause]\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/82T6iFwq1bs\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82T6iFwq1bs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nAny parent is free to send their kids to Valdosta Schools &mdash;Susan Wehling @ VBOE 25 October 2011\n<br>\neducation, schools, referendum, consolidation, unification,\n<br>\nForum at JL Lomax Elementary School, Valdosta Board of Education (VBOE),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 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":"Susan Wehling made several good points Tuesday, including an invitation for CUEE to put their children where their mouth is, like she already has. 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