VALDOSTA —
I wonder how those of us older than 30 ever made it through school without a cell phone. I'm surprised we’re not still sitting on the sidewalk waiting for someone to pick us up after football practice. My teachers didn't even have a phone in their rooms so enough about the new VCS policy. Thank you, Dr. Cason, for trying to create a better learning environment for our students.
Eliminate the Public Defender program and go back to requiring attorneys to take on cases on a rotating basis with the county paying like they pay jurors. If they want to pay someone else to do the work out of their pocket, let ‘em buy-out their turns.
Something different needs to be done about the pre-K registration. Parents having to camp out all night is beyond ridiculous. There should be enough space for all of the children.
How come SGMC is building all these new buildings when they can't even give their employees their raises for the year? I bet administration got their raises this year!
Thanks to The Valdosta Daily Times for the salute to the first ladies. I have enjoyed the history you shared with all of us. I look forward to my paper daily. Hopefully you will highlight more history for the enjoyment of all.
Georgia's seven-member Budget Task Force needs to add this obviously needed budget cut. Fire State Government managers and their accountants that couldn't find the $3 billion in savings the Budget Task Force of seven private business leaders formed in January uncovered so quickly. With so much obvious waste in government today, politicians should never have to hire help to find it.
Consolidation means higher property taxes for city and county residents. We need new high schools in both the city and county. Consolidation will give us nothing for our tax money. New schools can mean more jobs and more revenue.
I think that people on welfare programs that do not have a job should be required to do something for 40 hours a week in order to receive their check just like everyone else.
To the one wanting someone to clean up the burned house, we had to pay big money to have our burnt belongings hauled off. How is it the county's job to do this? I could have saved a lot of money if this were true!
What We Think
Rant & Raves for March 18, 2010
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Leaving NCLB behind
Georgia schools may be sighing in relief today, following the announcement that the U.S. Department of Education granted a waiver to the state, along with nine others, from the rigorous requirements of the No Child Left Behind act.
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Don’t jettison landmark
While we respect the request to relocate the F-86 aircraft from outside Mathis City Auditorium to the new Moody Air Force Base Airpark, we would hope the city and MAFB would reconsider moving it.
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Shame in Berrien County
Unfortunately for Sherrie Williams of the Berrien County school-based health clinic, she talked to The Times and praised the program that she oversees. This pride in her work led to the loss of her job.
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Grading policy: A second chance?
In clarifying the Lowndes County Schools’ controversial grading policy, Superintendent Dr. Steve Smith spoke of second chances.
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Be up to any weather challenge
Georgia’s Severe Weather Awareness Week starts today and runs through Friday. The idea behind the week is to prepare Georgians for weather emergencies and how to keep these situations from becoming tragedies.
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Parents and schools
There is a lot of talk lately about school systems and grading policies, and how all of a child's problems come back to a lack of parenting. But is it really that simple? Can it be a case where the school systems are so focused on the problem few that the majority of students are ignored?
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Thumbs up, thumbs down
THUMBS UP: To Brooks County High School engineering and technology teacher Don Morgan and his students. They recently received national attention for their work with biodiesel fuel. They collect used cooking oil from area fast-food restaurants then process this oil into biodiesel. Morgan hopes to next interest the Brooks County school buses into running on the fuel created in his class. This classroom not only prepares students for the future but may prepare all of us for an alternative energy source.
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Take me out to the ball park
The Valdosta State baseball season begins today. The Blazers host Lindenwood at 2:30 p.m. Nothing beats quality baseball played in warm weather with a great venue like Billy Grant Field.
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What We Think: Signing Day
Wednesday was National Signing Day, the day when high school athletes across the country make official announcements about what school they’ve chosen to sign with.
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School policy fails expectations
Lowndes County Schools recently implemented new grading guidelines for students. These guidelines have left many parents upset ...
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Leaving NCLB behind
