A year ago you wouldn't go to school board meetings, parent teacher conferences, PTO meetings or support your child going to summer school. Now all of a sudden, you want to get involved. You should be ashamed and do something more productive with your time, like maybe being a parent.
Councilman Yost and Mayor Fretti thank you for your strong stance against crime. Maybe the other councilmen will get on board and let these criminals know, who do not want to be productive members of society, that they are not welcome in Valdosta.
Where is our president? Why is he not here in the U.S. dealing with our problems instead of his world tour bowing and scraping to other world leaders? We are losing jobs, our homes, our pensions and savings, and he is riding around on Air Force One.
The time for consolidating the school districts is long overdue. Unfortunately, it will probably not happen. The current system will remain because it is a legal loophole for a system that too many people still seem to want: Segregation.
After the shooting of 11 people I hope the courts will get the message that these scumbag criminals need to be put away for a long time so they can't kill anymore. Valdosta is becoming another Albany.
As a VHS graduate during Wright Bazemore's time, I feel saddened and ashamed by the treatment of Coach Tomberlin. It takes years to build a strong football program, and he was heading in the right direction, while emphasizing character and grades. Times have changed, but some people are still trying to cling to the old glory days. You are a class act, Coach Tomberlin. Best wishes to you and your family.
As a relative newcomer to Valdosta I have to admit that I am appalled at the level of violent crime in this community and further appalled at the level of black-on-black violence. While the leaders of the African- American community seem very capable of rallying people to address a cause such as not showing the president's speech to the high school students, their lack of the same attention and relative silence on the violence issues in this community, makes one wonder what the priorities are of these leaders.
Why does it takes a tragic event to happen to get people’s attention. Now everyone wants to speak out.
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Thursday, Nov. 19, 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?
