Jobs, Title VI, and education —George Boston Rhynes @ VBOE 25 October 2011

George Rhynes tied together parents, jobs, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and local education at the VBOE 25 October 2011 open forum. His question:

If we are concerned about our children really getting an education, better be concerned about equal employment and getting federal funds, so these parents get their equal share of the jobs, in the community.... I'm talking about the qualified parents that apply for jobs in this area and some of you know they don't get them.
[applause]

Here's Part 1 of 2:

Part 1 of 2:
education, schools, referendum, consolidation, unification,
Forum at JL Lomax Elementary School, Valdosta Board of Education (VBOE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 October 2011.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

Dr. Cason responded that they had talked about most of those issues earlier in the same meeting, and that he thought it was better to pay more attention to

...better housing, better jobs, all of those things will help our schools and more our parents, rather than trying to consolidate two school districts that don't want to be married in the first place.
[applause]

Here's the video:

Dr. Cason responds to George Rhynes @ VBOE 25 October 2011
education, schools, referendum, consolidation, unification,
Forum at JL Lomax Elementary School, Valdosta Board of Education (VBOE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 October 2011.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

Same material, this time from George's camera.

From George's camera,
education, schools, referendum, consolidation, unification,
Forum at JL Lomax Elementary School, Valdosta Board of Education (VBOE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 October 2011.
Video by George Boston Rhynes for bostonbgr on YouTube.

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