{"id":2090,"date":"2011-05-03T09:24:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T13:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/dr-mark-george-speaks-against-cuee-lcdp-2-may-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-05-03T09:24:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T13:24:46","slug":"dr-mark-george-speaks-against-cuee-lcdp-2-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/dr-mark-george-speaks-against-cuee-lcdp-2-may-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mark George speaks against CUEE @ LCDP 2 May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5683194119\/in\/set-72157626637902940\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5025\/5683194119_7136e2597a_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nUpdate: See other post for <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/camera-2-dr-mark-george-about-cuee-lcdp-2-may-2011.html\">\nvideos from another camera with better sound.<\/a>\n<p>\nDr. Mark George pointed out that school consolidation didn&#8217;t solve\nsome problems last time:\n<blockquote>\nIn 2011 our schools were more segregated racially than they were in 1968.\n<\/blockquote>\nHe questioned why people should believe that consolidation, even if called\nunification, would solve those same problems this time.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5683761754\/in\/set-72157626637902940\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5022\/5683761754_4dc35ebb73_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nContinuing the\ndebate between proponents and opponents of unification of the\nValdosta and Lowndes County School Systems, organized by\nGretchen Quarterman, chair of the\nThe Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP).\nHere, speaking against, is Dr. Mark George.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qVOfKW_p7O0\">\nPart 1 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\/qVOfKW_p7O0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nDr. Mark George speaks against CUEE @ LCDP 2 May 2011 Part 1 of 3:\n<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=171966716191714\">\nDebate between proponents of school system unification (CUEE) and opponents,<\/a>\n<br>\nat Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP), Gretchen Quarterman chair,\n<br>\nVideos by George Rhynes, Jim Parker, John S. Quarterman, and Gretchen Quarterman\n<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2 May 2011.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5683194307\/in\/set-72157626637902940\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5027\/5683194307_a7921ca8db_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nDr. George said school unification was proposed by the Industrial Authority,\nwith a claim that prospective industries want to see a unified school system.\nThe same VLCIA that brought us biomass and a private prison.\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=blwMaYq1qZA\">\nPart 2 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\/blwMaYq1qZA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nDr. Mark George speaks against CUEE @ LCDP 2 May 2011 Part 2 of 3:\n<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=171966716191714\">\nDebate between proponents of school system unification (CUEE) and opponents,<\/a>\n<br>\nat Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP), Gretchen Quarterman chair,\n<br>\nVideos by George Rhynes, Jim Parker, John S. Quarterman, and Gretchen Quarterman\n<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2 May 2011.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nDr. George says CUEE talks about class, not about race,\nyet many black people in the community have a fear that black\neducators will be pushed to the side in a repeat of 1968 and 1969.\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i2fuTbIHjvM\">\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\/i2fuTbIHjvM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nDr. Mark George speaks against CUEE @ LCDP 2 May 2011\nPart 3 of 3:\n<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=171966716191714\">\nDebate between proponents of school system unification (CUEE) and opponents,<\/a>\n<br>\nat Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP), Gretchen Quarterman chair,\n<br>\nVideos by George Rhynes, Jim Parker, John S. 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