{"id":443,"date":"2012-10-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/joint-resolution-in-support-of-quality-public-education-lowndes-and-valdosta-boards-of-education.html"},"modified":"2012-10-05T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T12:00:00","slug":"joint-resolution-in-support-of-quality-public-education-lowndes-and-valdosta-boards-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/joint-resolution-in-support-of-quality-public-education-lowndes-and-valdosta-boards-of-education.html","title":{"rendered":"Joint Resolution in Support of Quality Public Education —Lowndes and Valdosta Boards of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nYesterday I asked
\n
\nBut what does the joint resolution actually say?<\/a>
\nKaren Noll has supplied the answer, in the form of a
\nPDF<\/a>
\nof the signed resolution,
\ntranscribed below.
\nThis thing makes the education paragraph in the
\n
\nOccupy Valdosta Mission Statement<\/a> sound mild-mannered.
\nWe’ve already seen
\n
\nthe state’s response.<\/a>
\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
\n
\nAND
\n
\nVALDOSTA CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
\n
\nJOINT RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF
QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

\nWHEREAS, the Lowndes County and the Valdosta City Boards of Education
\nbelieve that, without quality public education, there can be no substance
\nto the promise of equality and freedom, no possibility of developing and
\nrealizing individual capacities, no possibility of children overcoming
\ndisadvantage, or of every sutdent having the opportunity to receive a
\nfirst-class education; and,<\/p>\n

WHEREAS, the Lowndes County and the Valdosta City Boards of Education
\nhold that, without quality public education, there will exist a great divide
\nbetween the educated and the uneducated, corresponding to a divide between
\nthe rich and the poor, the strong and the weak; and,<\/p>\n

WHEREAS, the economic condition of our state has resulted in a significant
\ndecline in an already underfunded public education system, resulting in
\novercrowded classrooms, shortened school calendars, insufficient textbooks
\nand other curricular supplies and employee furloughs, with no end in sight; and,<\/p>\n

WHEREAS, the lack of support for public education by those advocating for
\nschool vouchers, state-approved charter schools, and other programs that allow
\npublic school funds to be redirected to private schools and for-profit
\ncharter schools serves to deepen inequalities and the promise of opportunity
\nfor every student to become a part of an educated citizenry, achieve the
\nAmerican dream and contribute to the greatness of this Nation; and,<\/p>\n

WHEREAS, the Lowndes County and the Valdosta City Boards of Education
\nbelieve that the Georgia Supreme Court ruled correctly in declaring it
\nunconstitutional for an appointed state commission to approve charter
\nschools over the objection of the duly elected local board of education,
\nwhich is accountable to the taxpaying public; and,<\/p>\n

WHEREAS, the Lowndes County and the Valdosta City Boards of Education
\nbelieve that development of a separate and distinct funding system for
\ncalculation of a local funding share to be unilaterally taken away by the
\nState from the critically-needed funds provided for the education of
\nstudents in local public school districts and provided instead to
\nstate-authorized charter or private schools is unconstitutional,
\ninequitable and threatens the integrity of the existing statewide
\nsystem of providing for and propely funding quality public education; and,<\/p>\n

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Lowndes County and the Valdosta
\nCity Boards of Education request that the Governor and State Legislators
\ncommit their support to adequately fund a first-class K-12 public
\neducation for students in Lowndes County and Valdosta City and across
\nthe State of Georgia, believing and affirming that public education lifts
\npeople from poverty, equalizes opportunities, reduces crime and violence,
\nbuilds bright individual and collective futures, and makes democracy
\nreal and sure; and accordingly, the Boards hereby request that voters
\nof the State of Georgia not<\/span> support the Constitutional Amendment
\nrelated to state charter schools, which will be on the November 2012
\nGeneral Election ballot, as a result of House Resolution 1162.<\/p>\n

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
\nLowndes County and the Valdosta City Boards of Education
\nauthorize and direct the Superintendent to transmit an official copy of
\nthis resolution to the Governor, appropriate State Representatives
\nand Senators, the State Board of Education and the Georgia Department
\nof Education.<\/p>\n


\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\nLowndes County School System<\/span>
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nFred Davis, Chairman
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nFred Wetherington, Vice Chairman
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nMike Davis
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nBrian Browning
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nJason Wisenbaker
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nDave Clark
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nPhilip Poole\n<\/td>\n		\n \n<\/td>\n\nValdosta City School System<\/span>
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nJeana Beeland, At-Large Chairperson
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nTrey Sherwood, Vice Chairman
\n
\n[signature missing]
\n
\nAnnie Fisher
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nVanassa Flucas
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nWarren Lee
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nDean Rexroth
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nBill Love
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nDebra Bell
\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nKelly Wilson\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n[signed]
\n
\nWes Taylor, Superintendent\n<\/td>\n		\n \n<\/td>\n\n[signed]
\n
\nDr. Bill Cason, Superintendent\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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