The Valdosta Daily Times
- — 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.
