The Valdosta Daily Times
- — To the "whiney" city council members blaming Realtors for pushing the superior county school system. Don't blame us. We only give our clients what "they" ask for!
The VCS BOE came up with a reasonable policy for cell phones in schools after extensive debate and input from parents —specifically, mothers. That policy has failed at VHS because of the lack of will to enforce it. A new policy has been put in place which they will also be unable or reluctant to enforce. This new policy went into effect with no pretense of caring what parents think or want. The administration earns an F.
I couldn’t believe my eyes. Mayor and Council contemplating millions of dollars for security, X-rays and bullet-proof glass. How out of touch can they be? Economic times are hard, everyone must sacrifice. If they are that much in fear, then resign please!
Where are the jobs? All I hear about is health care, and pushing this enormous spending bill down our throats. Why can't we get some help in South Georgia with creating some jobs? All the deals are being made behind closed doors and no one knows what's in this 2,708-page health care debacle.
The schools are not trying to hide anything. School officials and SRO's are spending inordinate amounts of time on cases of cell phone theft, to the point they can hardly deal with anything else. You managed to get through high school without a cell phone, why can't your kids? If a school official sees a phone, they can check and see if the phone has been used during school hours.
We aren't trying to hide anything at VHS. The policy was that they could have them but could not take them out during school hours, however, some of the students couldn't follow the rules! Teachers were spending class time taking them up and arguing with students about putting them away and to stop texting.
Keep retreating. The word is "consolidation." No euphemistic expressions like "Unification." To paraphrase the Immortal Bard, "that which we call consolidation, by any other name, would still smell as bad."
There is a house located at 1605 on Madison Highway that burned about a year to a year and a half ago and no one cares. The fire department, city manager, city marshal all drive by there and will not get this house cleaned up. What will it take for the City of Valdosta to get this house cleaned up?
