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.
