Organizers expect hundreds to gather this weekend in front of the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce for a march opposing the
consolidation of city and county school systems.
Scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, the march takes the stand that
“our children are not for sale.”
“We intend to put hundreds of people in the streets,” said the
Rev. Floyd Rose, president of the Valdosta-Lowndes County chapter of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. “We know and they know that
this has never been about consolidating the school system.”
Interesting that the VDT neither contradicts that nor finds a counterview
to publish.
Maybe since the VDT did an about-face about consolidation,
it’s been able to see more clearly….
The march will be led by Rose,
Sam Allen, former Valdosta City Schools superintendent,
and Leigh Touchton, NAACP president. Other community
leaders and representatives from both Lowndes and Valdosta high schools
will be present.
9AM Saturday at the parking lot across from the Chamber of Commerce.
Organizers expect hundreds to gather this weekend in front of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce for a march opposing the consolidation of city and county school systems.
Scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, the march takes the stand that “our children are not for sale.”
The march will be led by Rose, Sam Allen, former Valdosta City Schools superintendent, and Leigh Touchton, NAACP president. Other community leaders and representatives from both Lowndes and Valdosta high schools will be present.