VALDOSTA —
Times have changed. Teachers and students need cell phones. Back in the day when the ranter went to school, he didn't need a phone, nor did his teacher. There also were no discipline problems then. Visit a city school on any given day without your cell phone and I guarantee you would want to have yours for safety.
If there was a sign-up sheet for the folks at Lake Park, any child currently registered that was not on the sheet should be withdrawn from the program and the spot given to one who followed the rules. To condone these actions is condoning bullying and cheating. Is that the lesson we want to promote?
I was highly impressed with the new Chick-fil-A. They walked customers to their cars with an umbrella while it was raining. You don't find customer service like that anymore!
To the person who said, "school buses aren't speeding — they are diesel." You need to run for public office, or become a film producer in Hollywood. You have the ability to take an obvious truth, and for some hidden agenda, blur, confuse, deny or redirect that which is so obviously the truth.
Is it off limits to question comments from city or county officials regarding the great divide that seems to get wider every day? So, I guess working together is not on their agendas.
If Valdosta is so “Metro,” why is there no transit system? And where are the businesses just clamoring to locate here? I can't wait until the next election. Can you?
When Canada implemented its health care reforms, many physicians fled to the U.S. because they would lose their riches. Canada doesn't miss them. The same is true here. If you are in the medical field to get rich, we don't need you. Medicine, like teaching, is a calling.
On Friday, school bus No. 41 whipped out in front of me from Northside Drive onto Jaycee Shack Road and then proceeded to speed down the road. These were very poor driving choices. I hope someone will educate this driver on safer driving. There were no cars behind me and no reason for this bus driver to do that.
Awesome job, LHS Mock Trial Team and Coaches. What a wonderful accomplishment to win Region and strong finish at State, thanks to all the coaches for their hard work, You all have so much to be proud of and to win with academics. It makes me smile!
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Monday, March 22, 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
