{"id":2221,"date":"2011-04-06T16:27:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T20:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/what-is-the-countys-view-on-consolidation-q-to-cuee-24-march-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-04-06T16:27:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T20:27:44","slug":"what-is-the-countys-view-on-consolidation-q-to-cuee-24-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/what-is-the-countys-view-on-consolidation-q-to-cuee-24-march-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"What is the county&#8217;s view on consolidation? Q to CUEE 24 March 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pofpo8NduAU\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/pofpo8NduAU\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nWhat about county voters, and what about the combined budget?\n<p>\nQ: &#8220;What is the county&#8217;s view on consolidation?&#8221;\n<p>\nA: CUEE Chairman Leroy Butler answered:\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;We did no poll of individuals in the county,\nso we don&#8217;t have any; anything we say would be speculation.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nRemember, <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/the-cuee-board-not-quite-all-city.html\">\nonly one of CUEE&#8217;s board is from the county outside the City of Valdosta,<\/a>\nand nobody outside Valdosta gets to vote in the referendum.\nThey don&#8217;t know what the county thinks, and they don&#8217;t care,\nbecause legally they don&#8217;t have to:\nif Valdosta votes to give up their school system, the Lowndes County\nschool board has no choice but to pick up the pieces.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pofpo8NduAU\">\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\/pofpo8NduAU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nKick-off meeting, Community Unification for Educational Excellence, Inc., CUEE.\n<br>\nThey&#8217;re for consolidation of the Valdosta and Lowndes County School Systems.\n<br>\nVideos by John S. 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