{"id":1432,"date":"2011-10-07T15:42:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T19:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/telling-the-truth-supt-steve-smith-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-10-07T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T19:42:16","slug":"telling-the-truth-supt-steve-smith-lcboe-4-oct-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/telling-the-truth-supt-steve-smith-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Telling the truth &#8211;Supt. Steve Smith @ LCBOE 4 Oct 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TQe4RJHqkUQ\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TQe4RJHqkUQ\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nLowndes Superintendent Steve Smith explained what the Forum was about:\n<ol>\n<li>\nTo support the Valdosta school system, which is fighting for its very existence.\nIf Lowndes School system did not support them, that would be\nmisinterpreted as being against them.\n<li>\nTo provide you with the truth about consolidation.\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nHere are\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndes.k12.ga.us\/education\/components\/layout\/default.php?sectiondetailid=28537\">his slides.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TQe4RJHqkUQ\">\nPart 1 of 3:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TQe4RJHqkUQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nTelling the truth &mdash;Supt. Steve Smith @ LCBOE 4 Oct 2011 Part 1 of 3:\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<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vd71VK-2Hsc\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/vd71VK-2Hsc\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nHe pointed out\nconsolidation would raise taxes,\nwould reduce school services,\nand would not address the basic issue facing local education,\nwhich is poverty.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vd71VK-2Hsc\">\nPart 2 of 3:<\/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\/vd71VK-2Hsc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nTelling the truth &mdash;Supt. Steve Smith @ LCBOE 4 Oct 2011 Part 2 of 3:\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<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R6RCFYKFVgg\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/R6RCFYKFVgg\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nFinally, Supt. Smith asked us to imagine if the consolidation money had\nbeen spent on the children.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R6RCFYKFVgg\">\nPart 3 of 3:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R6RCFYKFVgg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nTelling the truth &mdash;Supt. Steve Smith @ LCBOE 4 Oct 2011 Part 3 of 3:\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":"Lowndes Superintendent Steve Smith explained what the Forum was about: To support the Valdosta school system, which is fighting for its very existence. If Lowndes School system did not support them, that would be misinterpreted as being against them. To provide you with the truth about consolidation. Here are his slides. 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