{"id":1593,"date":"2011-08-27T08:46:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T12:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/5a-school-consolidation-not-initiated-by-school-system-james-wright-vcc-25-august-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-08-27T08:46:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T12:46:29","slug":"5a-school-consolidation-not-initiated-by-school-system-james-wright-vcc-25-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/5a-school-consolidation-not-initiated-by-school-system-james-wright-vcc-25-august-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"5.a. school consolidation not initiated by school system &mdash;James Wright @ VCC 25 August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XFovl_QxNrc\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/XFovl_QxNrc\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nCouncil James Wright stated concerns that neither citizens nor\nthe city school board had initiated school consolidation,\nand cited several statutes that he said indicated the local\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Index.aspx?page=45\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"270\" height=\"337\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Modules\/ShowImage.aspx?imageid=604\"><\/a>\nboard of education needed first to request a feasibility\nstudy from the state and then to approve it, and that\nhas not happened in this case.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XFovl_QxNrc\">\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\/XFovl_QxNrc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\n5.a. school consolidation not initiated by school system &mdash;James Wright @ VCC 25 August 2011\n<br>\npetition, education, referendum,\n<br>\nRegular Session, Valdosta City Council (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 August 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":"Council James Wright stated concerns that neither citizens nor the city school board had initiated school consolidation, and cited several statutes that he said indicated the local board of education needed first to request a feasibility study from the state and then to approve it, and that has not happened in this case. 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