- — My daughter is a fourth grader at Sallas Mahone Elementary (city). I'lI put her knowledge and curriculum against any 4th and some 5th graders at any county school and the outcome would be favorable for her.
I always chuckle when someone complains in the Rant and Rave about other people complaining in the Rant and Rave.
A huge rave to Dewar Elementary School for hosting the Technology Fair done by the third grade. It was awesome. This project was done in conjunction with Hahira Elementary and Pine Grove elementary schools.
Has anyone ever tried to get their address changed at the driver license office in Valdosta? It took from 11:30 to 2:45 to do. Online was not available. Workers stood around and talked while the line was out the door.
This rave is for Ron Grabenstetter, also known as the infamous Mr. G at Valdosta Technical College. He is the unsung hero of the computer lab. He has the utmost patience for all of the computer-challenged students and always gives 100 percent of his time and heart. Thank you, Mr. G, for a job well done. We appreciate you!
Hopefully, the recent changes in several administrative positions in the Berrien County schools will be a positive change. As a parent of children attending BES, I have already seen that if careful consideration is not made when hiring the new assistant principal, BES is going to be in the same shape it was a few years ago.
Here is a thought. In lieu of continuously asking teachers to take it on the chin for the budget, let's cut the sports programs for a couple of years. Let's cut region games only within a 75-mile one-way radius of travel. Let's cut coaching staff to no more than four. Everyone needs to sacrifice instead of just the teachers.
Did you ever notice with the zoning issues, it's never the area where any political heads or attorneys who make the decisions or their family seems to live?
The particular attorney who is doing that for the city should run for mayor. After all he gets the city to do what he wants anyway. Why not let him be the face to go along with the actions and not a sidekick role in public.
Kudos to a Lowndes deputy who took time to help a woman whose power wheel chair had stopped working along St. Augustine Road and her companion who was using a walker. With no sidewalk there, they were in danger because they were in the street.
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Monday, March 8, 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
