{"id":1429,"date":"2011-10-07T16:58:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T20:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/we-did-talk-to-the-consolidators-philip-poole-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-10-07T16:58:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T20:58:38","slug":"we-did-talk-to-the-consolidators-philip-poole-lcboe-4-oct-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/we-did-talk-to-the-consolidators-philip-poole-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"We did talk to the consolidators &mdash;Philip Poole @ LCBOE 4 Oct 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTrE1z6l2GU\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/OTrE1z6l2GU\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nCurrent Lowndes County Board of Education (LCBOE) member\nPhilip Poole said various members of both school boards have met\nwith consolidation proponents, and had asked them to involve the\nwhole community in any decisions.\nSince that didn&#8217;t happen, there&#8217;s been less involvement lately.\nAnd the referendum is solely about dissolving the Valdosta School System,\nwhich would trigger the Lowndes system having to take over.\nWhich would result in losing federal and state funding due to\nthe resulting school system being larger.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTrE1z6l2GU\">\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\/OTrE1z6l2GU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nReferendum is to dissolve Valdosta School District &mdash;Philip Poole @ LCBOE 4 Oct 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":"Current Lowndes County Board of Education (LCBOE) member Philip Poole said various members of both school boards have met with consolidation proponents, and had asked them to involve the whole community in any decisions. 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