{"id":1566,"date":"2011-08-31T08:03:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T12:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/consolidation-wont-improve-education-so-i-see-no-need-for-it-ever-john-s-quarterman-vboe-29-august-2.html"},"modified":"2011-08-31T08:03:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T12:03:45","slug":"consolidation-wont-improve-education-so-i-see-no-need-for-it-ever-john-s-quarterman-vboe-29-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/consolidation-wont-improve-education-so-i-see-no-need-for-it-ever-john-s-quarterman-vboe-29-august-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Consolidation won&#8217;t improve education so I see no need for it ever &mdash;John S. Quarterman @ VBOE 29 August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bostongbr#p\/u\/13\/w3CnZdhgNRo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/w3CnZdhgNRo\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nI see nothing in consolidation that would improve education,\nso I see no need for it ever.\n<p>\nI got to the VBOE meeting really early, so I was the first to sign up to speak.\nMy main topic was to praise the Valdosta Board of Education for\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eboard.eboardsolutions.com\/Meetings\/ViewMeetingOrder.aspx?S=4166&#038;MID=21230\">\nputting\ntheir agendas online in web-readable form<\/a> (rather than entombed in PDF\nas so many other organizations do).\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bostongbr#p\/u\/13\/w3CnZdhgNRo\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3CnZdhgNRo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nConsolidation won&#8217;t improve education so I see no need for it ever &mdash;John S. Quarterman @ VBOE 29 August 2011\n<br>\neducation, referendum, consolidation, statement,\n<br>\nWork Session, Valdosta Board of Education (VBOE),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 29 August 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by George Boston Rhynes for\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bostongbr\">\nK.V.C.I.<\/a>\n<\/small>\n<p>\nLater I also complimented the chair for having\none of those rare objects,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/08\/okra-and-workforce-development-vlcia-19-july-2011.html\">\na clock on the wall<\/a> where everyone can see it so they can know how long\nthey&#8217;ve spoken already.\n<p>\nThanks, George, for the compliments in the information on your YouTube video.\nYou were blogging long before LAKE.\nEveryone please look at George&#8217;s blog,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kvci.blogspot.com\/\">\nK.V.C.I. 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