{"id":1575,"date":"2011-08-30T08:35:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T12:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/why-im-going-to-vote-against-the-motion-jeana-beeland-vboe-29-august-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-08-30T08:35:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T12:35:39","slug":"why-im-going-to-vote-against-the-motion-jeana-beeland-vboe-29-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/why-im-going-to-vote-against-the-motion-jeana-beeland-vboe-29-august-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Why I&#8217;m going to vote against the motion &mdash;Jeana Beeland @ VBOE 29 August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6095298796\/sizes\/s\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6081\/6095298796_8ef058ae56_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nA motion and a second were heard on\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/08\/valdosta-school-board-statement-against-school-consolidation.html\">\nthe statement just read by Vanassa Flucas.<\/a>\nJeana Beeland spoke up, talking about how proud she was of the\nschool system and how it has grown; she went to VHS; her children\nare in the system, and &#8220;I know it&#8217;s serving them well&#8221;.\n<blockquote>\nAnd my greatest fear is that I will come to you so biased\nbecause I know that the school systems not consolidating\nfor the next few years is what&#8217;s best for my child&#8230;.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nMore transcription after\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9BsKkTqblXA\">\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\/9BsKkTqblXA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nWhy I&#8217;m going to vote against the motion &mdash;Jeana Beeland @ 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 John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n<blockquote>\nBut there are so many people involved in this issue&#8230;.\nAnd I<\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nwant to listen to those folks over the next six to ten weeks&#8230;.\n<p>\nAnd when it gets to be November 10th, I plan to do whatever I do\nto help kids in the system,\nand I hope all of us will come together and do the same thing.\n<p>\nI have trouble encouraging people to vote no.\nI ask you to get out and vote; to be an active participant.\nAnd for that reason, I will vote against the statement.\n<\/blockquote>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A motion and a second were heard on the statement just read by Vanassa Flucas. Jeana Beeland spoke up, talking about how proud she was of the school system and how it has grown; she went to VHS; her children are in the system, and &#8220;I know it&#8217;s serving them well&#8221;. 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