Read the fine print. Tomberlin was not renewed by the superintendent, a prerogative he has that both lets the board off the hook and removes its ability to decide.
I would not be associated with the Touchdown Club for any amount of money or political influence. VHS is now associated with a red flag for leadership and the cream of the crop would not step into this arena. VCS athletics can now be declared dead due to the BOE and the Touchdown Club. Your arrogance and pomposity have prevailed.
To the BOE. Your decision speaks volumes to parents throughout this county. You are more interested in VHS winning football games than instilling in the students teamwork and sportsmanship. Not to mention what you are telling Coach Tomberlin. He's only an asset to your school if the "team" is winning. Talk about misplaced priorities.
Chief Simons, wake up! If you would let your people be police and do their jobs like they know how to do, then the thugs in Valdosta might have more respect for them and think twice before engaging in activity like in Hudson Dockett. It's a sad state when you coddle the bad guys and reprimand the cops for being cops.
The shootings do give the housing development a bad rap. There are good, law-abiding people who live there and don't condone such behavior. As a caucasion, it saddens me to hear Ms. Mayfield say basically blacks only have one another. Ms. Mayfield, we as a community are in this together and you are not alone. I'm sorry you feel this way. Just know I stand beside you as one voice. We as people must put aside our biases and prejudices to be united as one.
Parents of VCS students should not worry that football is of bigger concern than education, the powers that be make the same stupid, rash decisions with your children's education as they do with football. They should get rid of the ones making the educational decisions. Parents, get informed about your child’s education.
I followed a garbage truck out of the new school on Howell Road and to my surprise, the employee on the passenger side threw out a Dasani bottle. That’s ridiculous. Wait to throw your garbage in a trash can. You would think a trash man would know that — this was a City of Valdosta garbage truck.
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Friday, Nov. 20, 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?
