Valwood, CUEE, and the Chamber

This interesting graphic found on 2 is better than 1 illustrates that the connections between CUEE and Valwood go beyond what Annie Fisher pointed out,

"The members of the CUEE, they send their children to private schools."

Beyond what Alex Rowell pointed out, that several CUEE board and supporters are Valwood trustees or donors. The Chamber is also closely tied to Valwood.

The Chamber and Valwood are actually even more tightly coupled than the graphic indicates. According to Valwood's own website:

Valwood Board Elects Officers and Trustees
May 27, 2011

Valwood's Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that it has elected the following officers who, along with Tom Gooding as Immediate Past Chairman and Dutton Miller as "Chairman's Choice," will serve on the Board's Executive Committee for the coming school year:

Terri Lupo - Chairman of the Board
Billy Tidmore - Vice Chairman/Chairman Elect
Jack Henry - Treasurer/Chairman of Finance Committee
Jim Godbee - Secretary

Also, the Board of Trustees has re-elected the following Trustees to 3 year terms beginning July 1:

Brooks Akins	Laura Perlman
Mike Godwin	Sally Querin
Tom Gooding	April Scruggs
Bill Peeples

Now let's look at the Chamber's board. Tom Gooding is the Chamber's Chair, and Terri Lupo is on the board, and is the Chamber's immediate past Chair. That's right, Gooding and Lupo just switched spots (Chair and past Chair) with both the Chamber and Valwood.

Plus as the above graphic points out, there are further intersections between the Chamber board and CUEE supporters. So the Chamber, CUEE, and Valwood are tightly intercoupled.

It seems we have a group of private school supporters trying to take over both the local public school systems. Does that seem right to you?

-jsq