This message is for the person or persons who stole our deceased son's memorial angel from our front yard, and destroyed the angel in memory of our daughter. We hope you can sleep at night, knowing you now own the memorial angel that kept our son's memory always in our hearts.
A heartfelt thank you to all the men and women serving to protect our country. You are appreciated. Keep up the great work.
To the person complaining about the car-rider line at Lake Park School. It has always been like that. If you don't like it, try putting your child on the bus. Then he/she will be on time and you will not be late for work.
To the train engineer who sat on his horn Monday morning, at 4:38 a.m. going along North 41: With all the records kept, not only by the railroad but also by DOT, you will be found. This conduct by you is not just completely unnecessary and inconsiderate but flat out mean-spirited.
Wouldn't it be ironic if VHS wins the state championship? I wonder where Coach Tomberlin would like to put the trophy?
You can't learn if you are not in school, and you certainly can't learn if you don't behave yourself in school. This also means that you also distract from the learning of your classmates. Don't just call for changes in the school system — call for a change in parenting also. I see too many parents coming up to the school acting no better than their children who are in trouble. They learn disrespect at home.
VDT, do not let Georgia Department of Corrections off the hook. It’s obvious that they are hiding something. Please, for the sake of these officers’ lives, who have to work in those conditions.
Supporters of the Valdosta School System should check the rhetoric of the NAACP before it gets out of hand. A mid-90s lawsuit against another nearby school system nearly destroyed it even though it ended in a repudiation of the charges brought by the NAACP. Leaders need to stop this nonsense before it goes too far.
How many years has Jennifer Falk been a teacher? I am a retired teacher that knows when even minor disruptions in the classroom occur, no teaching is happening. Minor and cumulative offenses can have as great an effect as more severe ones.
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
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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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Just the facts, please
The Times has taken some hits this weekend following the reporting of the Rev. Floyd Rose’ rally on Saturday concerning the car which drove into a home, killing an infant on New Year’s, and an incident at Pinevale Learning Center. Some police officers think the VDT is not being fair, and Rose accused the VDT of not printing the facts, but the facts are as follows:
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Fathers teaching daughters
It began as a small gathering for fathers and daughters. It has become one of Valdosta’s most popular social events of the year.
Several years ago, Jeff Stewart co-founded the event with his wife, Becky, as a way for him to give a special night to his two daughters. Other fathers of First Presbyterian Church liked the idea and the Father-Daughter Valentine Dance was born. -
Sports tourneys: They will come
More than 20 years after its release, “Field of Dreams’” mantra, “If you build it, they will come,” has possibly become one of the most overused lines from any movie. Yet, it seems all too fitting for what’s been happening lately within the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority.
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Grading policy: A second chance?
