Teresa Lawrence, running for statehouse district 174,
says vote No on the charter school amendment.
She was asked about it
at the AAUW Political Forum at Valdosta High School Wednesday, and
answered:
Vote No on the charter school amendment —Teresa Lawrence for GA House District 174
Political Forum, Deborah Van Petten, President (AAUW), Dr. Jim Peterson, Moderator
Video by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta High School, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 October 2012.
I believe we should vote no for the charter school amendment. We have a means of passing it at the local level to approve charter schools now, and I don’t believe we need to give that decision over to the state level.
Teresa Lawrence’s opponent, the incumbent Ellis Black,
did not show up at any of the four local candidate forums
in Lowndes County.
However, he voted both for
HR 1162 that put the referendum on the ballog
and for
HB 797 that will suck up more money per pupil for charter schools than
for public schools, taking the extra out of our local tax dollars.
We know where Teresa Lawrence for district 174 stands: against the charter school amendment.
-jsq
