You may want to consider other reasons for Lanier’s residential
growth. There was an explosion of lower cost housing there over the past
10 years. It has attracted a large percentage of Moody folks. This was
in part a response to the cost of homes in Lowndes Co. More specifically
land cost. One component of the ULDC adoption was a call for higher
density developments in the unicorporated areas where at the time,
land was cheaper. Unfortunately, those that owned the land picked on
the demand and guess what…..the prices started to climb quickly.
Some might refer to this as sprawl. The other item of interest is the
budget woes the Lanier County Board of Ed is having as a result of this
growth. Residential property demands more in services than it pays for
in taxes. Just something to consider. There may not be a pot of gold
at the end of this rainbow.
Yes, I remember that. I agree these are additional reasons. However, I don’t see that they conflict with the point about bright flight. Moody personnel are some of the people most likely to have children, and many of them located in Lanier County, demonstrating that others can do the same. -jsq
Tim Carroll
Agree. Do you have access or know of any other data as to what is driving this? I do not know the base performance numbers for the Lanier County school system. If you have them handy, would you mind posting them?
10 years. It has attracted a large percentage of Moody folks. This was in part a response to the cost of homes in Lowndes Co. More specifically land cost. One component of the ULDC adoption was a call for higher density developments in the unicorporated areas where at the time, land was cheaper. Unfortunately, those that owned the land picked on the demand and guess what…..the prices started to climb quickly.
Yes, I remember that. I agree these are additional reasons. However, I don’t see that they conflict with the point about bright flight. Moody personnel are some of the people most likely to have children, and many of them located in Lanier County, demonstrating that others can do the same. -jsq
Agree. Do you have access or know of any other data as to what is driving this? I do not know the base performance numbers for the Lanier County school system. If you have them handy, would you mind posting them?
Here are a few related tidbits:
http://valdostadailytimes.com/local/x1442550404/Fewer-Georgia-schools-meet-AYP-standards
“Lanier County High School is the only school in the district to not meet AYP in 2010. The school also failed to make AYP in 2008 and 2009.”
Here are many scores from the state for Lanier County schools:
http://reportcard2009.gaosa.org/(S(qbik0t3pffhxvs55db3c4i55))/k12/accountability.aspx?TestType=acct&ID=686:ALL
Looks like the same site has similar information on other counties and for previous dates, so you should be able to compare over time.
That last comment was by me. -jsq