The Citizen Newsletter

The Conservative Voice of Henry County

Issue # 354

June 30, 2012

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Romney Vows to Repeal Erick Erickson on SCOTUS Ruling Rep. Davis Letter to Citizens July 4th in Griffin Ga Echols Pleads Guilty Must Resign Stolen Valor Act Struck Down Elections, Not Popularity Contests Henry GOP HQ Grand Opening Stanley for Henry BoE Henry County July 4th Celebration Patriotic Rally in McDonough Henry Co Election Schedule Business Support for Education

Peggy Malcolm wrote: Tommy Smith's Fish Fry was a success at the Moose Lodge Family Center tonight. Every table was filled with folks supporting Tommy and wishing him victory. He announced that he was notified that the FOP has now endorsed him to be our next Chairman of the BOC. Tommy was thrilled and there was a round of applause!!!! Other candidates running were present and we were glad to see all of them. What a great night for Tommy; if I had to guestimate, I would say at lease 200 came thru the line for the best fish that you have ever put in your mouth.

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From the Mitt Romney Campaign

Today, the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare. But regardless of what the Court said about the constitutionality of the law, Obamacare is bad medicine, it is bad policy, and when I m President, the bad news of Obamacare will be over. It was always a liberal pipedream that a 2,700 page, multi-trillion-dollar Federal Government takeover of our health care system actually could address the very serious problems we face with health care. With Obamacare fully installed, government will reach fully half of the economy that is the recipe for a struggling economy and declining prosperity. On Day One, I will work to repeal Obamacare to stop the government s takeover of our health care and intrusion in our lives. I will push for real reform to our health care system that focuses on helping patients and protecting taxpayers. We cannot afford Barack Obama s on-the-job learning, Big Government proposals, and irresponsible spending. Our basic liberties are at stake and I will fight to restore our freedoms, renew the respect for our Constitution, and halt the government takeover of health care. This November it s all on the line. The stakes couldn t be higher.

Erick Erickson, Editor at RedState.com, regarding the Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare (now forever known as "The Obama Health Care Tax").

Dear RedState Reader, As you have no doubt heard by now, the Supreme Court largely upheld Obamacare with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority 5 to 4 decision. Even Justice Kennedy called for the whole law to be thrown out, but John Roberts saved it. Having gone through the opinion, I am not going to beat up on John Roberts. I am disappointed, but I want to make a few points. John Roberts is playing at a different game than the rest of us. We re on poker. He s on chess. First, I get the strong sense from a few anecdotal stories about Roberts over the past few months and the way he has written this opinion that he very, very much was concerned about keeping the Supreme Court above the partisan fray and damaging the reputation of the Court long term. It seems to me the left was smart to make a full frontal assault on the Court as it persuaded Roberts. Second, in writing his opinion, Roberts forces everyone to deal with the issue as a political, not a legal issue. In the past twenty years, Republicans have punted a number of issues to the Supreme Court asking the Court to save us from ourselves. They can t do that with Roberts. They tried with McCain-Feingold, which was originally upheld. This case is a timely reminder to the GOP that five votes are not a sure thing.
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Third, while Roberts has expanded the taxation power, which I don t really think is a massive expansion from what it was, Roberts has curtailed the commerce clause as an avenue for Congressional overreach. In so doing, he has affirmed the Democrats are massive taxers. In fact, I would argue that this may prevent future mandates in that no one is going to go around campaigning on new massive tax increases. On the upside, I guess we can tax the hell out of abortion now. Likewise, in a 7 to 2 decision, the Court shows a strong majority still recognize the concept of federalism and the restrains of Congress in forcing states to adhere to the whims of the federal government. Fourth, in forcing us to deal with this politically, the Democrats are going to have a hard time running to November claiming the American people need to vote for them to preserve Obamacare. It remains deeply, deeply unpopular with the American people. If they want to make a vote for them a vote for keeping a massive tax increase, let them try. Fifth, the decision totally removes a growing left-wing talking point that suddenly they must vote for Obama because of judges. The Supreme Court as a November issue for the left is gone. For the right? That sound you hear is the marching of libertarians into Camp Romney, with noses held, knowing that the libertarian and conservative coalitions must unite to defeat Obama and Obamacare. Finally, while I am not down on John Roberts like many of you are today, i will be very down on Congressional Republicans if they do not now try to shut down the individual mandate. Force the Democrats on the record about the mandate. Defund Obamacare. This now, by necessity, is a political fight and the GOP sure as hell should fight. 60% of Americans agree with them on the issue. And guess what? The Democrats have been saying for a while that individual pieces of Obamacare are quite popular. With John Roberts opinion, the repeal fight takes place on GOP turf, not Democrat turf. The all or nothing repeal has always been better ground for the GOP and now John Roberts has forced everyone onto that ground. It seems very, very clear to me in reviewing John Roberts decision that he is playing a much longer game than us and can afford to with a life tenure. And he probably just handed Mitt Romney the White House. *A friend points out one other thing go back to 2009. Olympia Snowe was the deciding vote to get Obamacare out of the Senate Committee. Had she voted no, we d not be here now. Sincerely yours, Erick Erickson Editor, REDSTATE.COM

Rep. Steve Davis Letter to Citizens

First let me say thank you for your vote and support in the past and I hope that my representation has lived up to your standards so far and that this response will give you enough evidence to support me once more. When publicly speaking I usually discuss the three "C's"; Christian, Conservative, and Common Sense. I am married and have three children, my wife and I live in Kelleytown area and staunchly believe in traditional marriage, as defined as one man and one woman. We believe in family and that our children are our most precious gift and will fight for issues to help them become good Christian productive
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members of society that give back to their community and church. As an example my son has followed my footsteps into politics by being elected to the Henry County Board of Education as he believes that he can help contribute not only to the financial issues facing our system (he has a Bachelors in Finance and will have his Masters at the end of this summer) but also give a young fresh student perspective to the board that he felt was missing before. Ryan was elected at 21 years old and is the youngest elected official in Georgia as well as being the youngest ever elected here locally. While I brought up education, I believe this also plays into the family unit. I have worked diligently to support education and that refers to all education because I do not believe education is regulated to just public education. I support public education, private education, charter schools, magnet schools, career academy s, virtual schools, home school, and support the concept of placing a child in the best environment for them to achieve the success they are seeking. I do not support a one size fits all approach to education. I Coauthored last year s College and Career readiness bill which implemented 16 career pathways for high school graduation, this has been a passion of mine for several years. I went to the HCBOE and volunteered as a Substitute teacher in 2008 and 2009 and taught in every high school in the county, including Patrick Henry our reform school. Many teachers will say, walk a day in my shoes and I can honestly say I have, as I took these opportunities to not only cover the classroom but also to talk to other teachers, administrators, counselors, students, and other staff about the current environment within or schools. I did this in effort to change graduation requirements that would focus on vocational and workforce training as I felt we are severely lacking in the category. This bill passed in 2011 and is now law which will give students multiple avenues toward graduation that will focus on their needs and desires rather than a standard government track. Additionally, I am endorsed and publicly supported by Georgia s State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge. I will list other very important endorsements below. As for abortion, I am strictly Pro-Life and I have a 100% voting record for 8 straight years with the Georgia Right to Life. I have participated in the annual march for life walk at the Capitol and have consistently co-sponsored pro-life legislation. I am the only one in this race endorsed by the Georgia Right to Life. I am endorsed by them not just because of my voting record but for my core belief that life begins at conception and it is our paramount duty to protect those that cannot protect themselves. I cosponsored the Women s Right to Know bill in 2005, this year s bill that reduced the gestation age for an abortion to 20 weeks to match what is medically viable for a baby to sustain life, as well as the Human Life Amendment which has yet to pass. My wife and I lost two babies between our oldest son and our middle daughter and we have been Pro-Life much longer than I have been a State Representative. My sister is unable to have children and has adopted three children of her own, there are alternatives to abortion and I will continue to strive to ensure that our young women are armed with the knowledge of these options until the day Roe vs. Wade is overturned. Morality in government? I do not believe you can separate a man from his morals even in government. I am not ashamed to profess my Christian morals and beliefs and I will vote accordingly. If individuals or constituents want someone who is atheist or someone who thinks they can split their personal value and moral positions with that of their representation then I am not the person they should vote for. As for the difference between Mr. Rutledge and me. I cannot tell you that complete answer as I have no knowledge of where Mr. Rutledge stands on almost every key issue facing this community. His entire campaign has been about destroying my character and ethics with his distortion of my record and positions. He claims to be a Christian yet he attacks my character and my family in his literature. So if you want differences on taxation, public safety, education, transportation, health care, insurance, private property rights, or any other issue than I guess the difference is that my position is public and he just doesn t talk about specifics. As for his single issue that he is discussing, Ethics reform, this is an issue important to voters and an issue personally important to me. I will support additional improvements to our
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ethics laws but will not sign a pledge from a Liberal Democrat organization called Common Cause which Mr. Rutledge has. The pledge is to cap lobbyist s gifts at $100, which sounds great and on its face I could support but this group is pitching gimmicks to divide the Republican Party. Common Cause s main goal is to end all lobbyist expenditures not just gifts but campaign contributions, and go to a Taxpayer funded system of elections. This means no one would be allowed to give to political campaigns and would violate your free speech rights. I equate this to signing a pledge with Planned Parenthood or Georgia Equality, it will never happen. The real issue with ethics is accountability and transparency. In 2005 the Georgia General Assembly passed HB48 (with my support), which for the first time required that lobbyist expenditures be published on our Ethics website for all to view. True ethics reform comes from transparency and accountability. Georgia has consistently been one of the top performing states when it comes to ethics and transparency; in 2006 and 2009 CPI ranked Georgia as 7th in Nation with an 'A'. But we cannot rest on our laurels or point to previous successes. We need to continue to address ethics reform and work towards adding additional funding to the governing body that enforces our current ethics laws. No matter what he tells you I have never done anything unethical, immoral, or illegal. A technical error on a disclosure does not equate to unethical behavior, our reporting guidelines are complicated and errors can be made. Mr. Rutledge himself has admitted he made an error on his very first ever campaign disclosure, an action that violated our State Ethics Law. I have done disclosures for close to nine years and have made two technical errors over that period of time and have had to pay the minimal fines, just as Mr. Rutledge will have to do for his violation this year. Campaigns are tough and this position is not for the light hearted but truth and honesty are key. I think the above responses clearly show that I oppose all of Obama s policy initiatives and will continue to fight against his socialist view of government. I co-sponsored HB87 Georgia's comprehensive approach to immigration, I personally called out our previous Georgia Attorney General when he refused to represent Georgia on the Healthcare lawsuit, and I have passed my own market based insurance bill that reduced state regulation on small business' that will help more small business to offer affordable healthcare coverage to their employees. I previously co-sponsored Georgia's historic eminent domain bill in response to the illegal actions taken by one of our local cities and will continue to fight to preserve our freedoms while looking for better more efficient manners to address true government services and needs. Below is a list of official endorsements from other key leaders and organizations. However as you read this please remember my opponent has no endorsements from any public official that I am aware of and no organized group at this moment again that I am aware of. Also please note that every Constitutional officer in this State is supporting me.

Independence Day City of Griffin

The City of Griffin is pleased to announce that the annual Independence Day fireworks display will be held at the Griffin Spalding Airport for the first time. According to City of Griffin Deputy Director of Public Works Chris Walker, With the new turf grass just established at the City Park Golf Course, the move makes sense. City Park will still be open for golf and family events on the Fourth, but the fireworks will not be visible from the park.

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In the past, the fireworks were launched from City Park and were viewable from there. Now that the launch location has been changed, the best areas to see the fireworks will be at the Griffin Spalding Airport, Airport Road Park or any of the large parking areas surrounding the airport and fairgrounds. For the past several years, a free concert has been held at the airport for those who gathered there. Launching the fireworks from there just made sense. Griffin Fire Marshall Mitchell Cardell said, The airport is an ideal location. We need a large buffer on all sides for safety; the area behind the fairgrounds is safe, with easy access. The fireworks will be launched over the crowd at the free concert, so it will be a great location for viewing. The concerts will feature bluegrass gospel group The Watkins Family, featuring Jeff Stanley on the fiddle; and blues/Americana/acoustic artist Heather Luttrell. Big Scott Pinner, from 92.5 The Bear, will be on hand to emcee the event. The flags and the National Anthem will be presented by the Griffin Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol. To attend the free concerts and see the fireworks, come to the Kiwanis Fairgrounds (parking will be available in the front and side parking lots) and use the gates on either side. For more information, visit
WWW.CITYOFGRIFFIN.COM

Zoning Board Chairman Terry Echols Pleads Guilty; Must Resign Within 10 Days
Proof of Right by Joanie Scott
HTTP://PROOFOFRIGHT.WORDPRESS.COM/2012/06/27/ZONING-BOARD-CHAIRMAN-TERRY-ECHOLS-PLEADS-GUILTY-MUST-RESIGNWITHIN-10-DAYS/

Henry County Zoning Board Chairman Terry Echols pleaded guilty today of selling real estate without a license. This came a result of an investigation by the Office of District Attorney Tommy K. Floyd s office after receiving a REQUEST FOR AN INVESTIGATION from the owner of this website. The ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION reported:

Terry Tumlin Echols, 48, earned $34,500 in commission for selling land to the county in November 2009, according to court documents obtained by the AJC. The land is now the site of the county s recently completed Emergency Operations Center.
Echols was sentenced to 12 months probation; a $1,000 fine; 40 hours of community service; A one year suspension of his real estate license; drug and alcohol assessment with a requirement to attend AA/NA meetings; and he must resign his position on the Zoning Board within 10 days.

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Stolen Valor Act of 2006

I know most people are focused on the healthcare act ruling by the Supreme Court but the Court also struck down the Stolen Valor Act of 2006. This law made it a criminal act to falsely claim to have been awarded military medals, such as the Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross. The Court cited free speech as the reason. There were cases where false heros preyed on people's sympathy by proclaiming their own valor. I don't know the first thing about Constitutional law but people lying about their own heroics is pretty despicable. In my limited time in the military, I learned that those who always seem to be the hero of their own stories are probably embellishing, at a minimum, or outright lying. While I defer to their expertise on the Constitution, I strongly disagree with the outcome of the Court's ruling. Colin Martin Columbus, Georgia

GEORGIA TAXPAYERS ALLIANCE

Vote NO July 31 Sales Tax Referendum A one percent sales tax referendum will be on the July 31 primary ballot in Georgia. We encourage you to vote NO and tell you friends about the tax vote. To learn more go to our blog at WWW.TSPLOST.INFO

Campaign Signs
Some candidates believe putting up a lot of signs will win an election. I have never seen that happen. Their ego might feel good when they see their own signs but their ego won't feel so good election night. ~ John Douglas

The Citizen urges voters to count the number of signs placed by each candidate. Hundreds of them are
blocking the scenery across our county! Do Not Make Assumptions about our elections being a popularity contest. Elections have consequences! Please make informed choices before you cast your ballot.

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July 3, 2012 7:00 p.m. Monthly Meeting and Henry GOP Headquarters Grand Opening At Henry GOP Headquarters Hwy 42 McDonough, GA
In the shopping center with Dollar Hut across the street for Landing Church of God.

Please make an informed decision. Elect Larry Stanley to Henry s BoE

After airing of the Chamber of Commerce forum for BoE candidates the following statements were posted to Facebook.

Testimonials from citizens

Allan Onderchain wrote: Larry, excellent representation of what your job would be. I like the fact you have your answers solid in your mind and not on a piece of paper. You were very precise and your answers came quickly, showing you have the talent and ability to get the job done, not by reading it off of a piece of paper. You are a very knowledgeable person who I have watched for sometime. The rest of the question panel seems to be ill prepared...difficulty in reading their questions at best. Hope you will do well in the upcoming contest. Don Henderson wrote: As the readers of Larry Stanley's HC Citizen newsletter (www.scribd.com/henry_citizen) are aware I have very strong opinions about the political tides in Henry County and have on various occasions made statements that were not well received by some in the community and I understand that completely. BUT, I have known Larry for over 6 years now and communicated with him on many issues and topics. I have ALWAYS found Larry to be informed and on many issues he has told me that he would have to look into something before committing to an answer. All of this is to say that Larry Stanley is not only a good candidate for the BoE to represent District II in Henry County, in my opinion he is the ONLY candidate who is prepared, informed and knowledgeable to hit the ground running and he brings to the table the vision that can propel the Henry County schools to the cutting edge of education our youth need to compete in today s world. I support Larry and encourage all in district II to do the same...A vote for Larry is a vote for youth in Henry County.

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Kappy Brantley Morris wrote: Larry, I was impressed with your desire to give back to the community. Having children who went through the Henry County school system, you have first hand parental insight into school issues. You are aware of the teacher/pupil ratio at a staggering 1/32. You mentioned how our community needs an educated populace which good schools can provide. You do feel charter schools have a place as an alternative in the system. After House Resolution 1162, the board must be willing to face charter school possibilities. I like your idea of starting early, possibly in the ninth grade to hone in on SAT related test taking strategies and academic help. Particularly I like how you are keenly aware of how state level funding is critical to local budgetary concerns in operating our schools. You see the need for strong discipline and order in the classroom plus adult mentoring for students. You have specific responses for many issues in education and would certainly make an informed, serious, productive board member. I commend you; your standing in the candidate forum was excellent. Mike Moon wrote: Here is my take on the forum and the way everyone that was there presented themselves and the ease of their answering the questions put to them. (A) Mr. Hinton looked uncomfortable to me as he spoke. He made a comment that many of us even those of us from the county are tired of hearing and that is I am from the county. Everyone who lives in Henry County today, this is their homes too. (B) Mr. Thrasher looked very professional and was at ease with his answers and his way of presenting his message to the people. (C) Mr. Stanley also looked very professional and was at ease with his answers and of course he has spoken before groups before and he does do his homework on the questions that need answering. It appeared the forum went well and in my opinion Mr. Stanley and Mr. Thrasher came out on top as the leaders in this race.

PLEASE MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. Elect Larry Stanley to Henry's school board Campaign Video: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PHOTO.PHP?V=10151221857822942 Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum: HTTP://PLAYER.VIMEO.COM/VIDEO/44583622 Henry Daily Herald candidate responses: HTTP://WWW.HENRYHERALD.COM/NEWS/2012/JUN/26/HENRY-BOE-CANDIDATES-RESPOND/

Henry County Fireworks Extravaganza!

Come celebrate the 4th of July at Nash Farms! A full day of festivities will include LIVE BANDS, a
MOTORCYCLE AND CAR SHOW, 5K AND 10K RUNS, and

cash prize CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT!

More information at HTTP://HCFIREWORKS.COM/HOME.HTML

On Facebook at
HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/HENRYCOUNTYFIREWORKS

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Patriotic Rally on the McDonough Square

presented by KBN Television

Join us on the McDonough Square for a patriotic rally

"Restoring our American Foundations"

Tuesday, July 3rd from 6pm to 7:30pm.
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Concessions available including cotton candy, hotdogs, drinks, funnel cakes, and popcorn!

Music by...
* The Daybreak Quartet * Leah St Cyr Register

Speakers include...
* Congressman Paul Broun * State Rep Steve Davis * State Rep Candidate Ryan Christopher * County Commission Candidate Bill Toney * School Board Candidate Larry Stanley * Pastor Archie Norman * Former GOP Candidate for Governor Ray McBerry And

Master of Ceremony... Herman Talmadge III

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TOMMY SMITH

Candidate and future Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Henry County NEW CHAIRMAN / NEW LEADERSHIP
Endorsed by Henry County Fraternal Order of Police

Henry County Elections Schedule

Register. Vote. It's that easy!
Calendar of Elections Below is the schedule for the 2012 elections: July 2, 2012 DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION/CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR GENERAL PRIMARY/NONPARTISAN ELECTION July 9, 2012 ADVANCED (ABSENTEE IN-PERSON) VOTING BEGINS July 21, 2012 SATURDAY VOTING 9:00 am 4:00 pm July 31, 2012 General Primary/Non-Partisan/Special Election. HOURS POLLS ARE OPEN Polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. August 21, 2012 DATE OF RUNOFF Date of General Primary/NonPartisan Election/Special Election Runoff. (Twenty-first day after General Primary/NonPartisan Election/Special Election

How Can Business Support Education for ZERO Dollars!

Commentary Bruce Kendall The prompt for this commentary is in part, due to the efforts of the Henry County Chamber of Commerce (HCCC) Government Affairs Committee, which hosted a candidate forum for the Henry County Board of Education candidates, June 12, 2012 in the Chamber s Hudgins Room. The remaining inspiration is from Candidate comments about how the Board of Education can support the Business Community. Here I flipped the question, and answered how the Business Community could improve their support of education in the community during these tough economic times for zero dollars by simply changing one thing, how they communicate. In the Leader-Worker environment how comfortable and informative are the discussions about children in school, or, is the conversation nonproductive like the Dilbert Cartoon FOUND HERE?

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As a leader we spend time talking to customers and directing subordinates, but how much time is spent listening, thinking, and asking about the communities future educational needs? When you interview a prospective employee, do you realize this is the educational product of (plus or minus) 13 years, and the efforts of one or more parents? How often have you thought about your positive or negative impact, on the quality of future employees? If you are interested in advancing your communication skill-set, and positively influencing the future, try these three listening, thinking and asking exercises: o Listen to members of our community as they discuss their struggles to understand what occurs when their children go to school. Think about the Un-Known, Known s; for what parents need to know, to support education as it occurs. Ask about Academic Parenting Classes for all Georgia, Race to the Top (RT3) Schools, and School Districts.

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As your knowledge base grows your conversations should focus on, how we can do a better job educating children, and implementing solutions to meet the needs of parents in our community. If you pause to think about it, their needs are your needs as well. The following creative nonfiction dialogue demonstrates the impact of a seemingly innocuous conservation about our schools, and its impact on the community. It is June, and Boss-man asks Worker how his son John did in school this year. (Number-One-Sons name is not John.) For the most part, it was fine, but he struggled with Chemistry the first half of the year, but by then we had figured out the problem, and we got him on the right track, said Worker. Boss-man asked, What was the problem? At first we thought it was the math, which was kind of confusing, as John normally does well in math. What it turned out to be, was a translation problem. I m confused, said Boss-man, a translation problem? Yea, it s kind of weird, but John s Math Teacher and his Chemistry Teacher were using a different language to describe the same thing mathematically, and once we figured that out, we focused on translating the information into the correct math terms, and his grades shot right back up where they belong, replied Worker. Well I m glad that everything turned out ok for John, said Boss-man. Yes, this is not great dialogue, and, it s not the Great American Novel. Nonetheless, as a member of the Business Community, you now have identified potential concern about a local high school. You have a Science Teacher whom allegedly uses a set of mathematical terminology, different from the terminology used by the students Math Teacher, which increases student difficulty in comprehension, decoding, and translation. Kind of like listening to someone lecture in Greek, while writing notes in Chinese, and your only fluent in English. So whom do you talk too? That is your decision to make, however if I was asked, I would suggest the schools, School Council Chairperson, which would be a parent leader in the school. Why? The Georgia School Council ~12~

Law O.C.G.A. 20-2-86 makes school councils responsible for providing advice and recommendations to the Principal, Superintendent, and Board of Education on any matter related to student achievement and school improvement, including but not limited to, the following: See section (s) to read the fourteen listed areas HERE: HTTP://WWW.LEXISNEXIS.COM/HOTTOPICS/GACODE/DEFAULT.ASP, click (OK-Close), then enter 20-2-86 in the search box and click on Full-text of source documents button, and then select search. If you are curious about why our schools should be conducting Academic Parenting Classes, read the Georgia Assessment of Performance on School Standards: Closing the Gap (GAPSS) pages 98 through 105. Read the implementation requirement HERE: HTTP://WWW.GADOE.ORG/SCHOOL-IMPROVEMENT/PAGES/GAPSS.ASPX, under REQUIRED GAPSS ANALYSIS. Henry County Schools implemented the GAPSS program in 2009. Yes, I understand that 8 out of 161 pages seems a small part, which one school principle was quick to point out. However, doing nothing makes this more than a small issue, and reminds me of The legend of the brave Dutch boy - who supposedly put his finger in the dyke to prevent a flood by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE (1831-1905) of New York. However, THIS VERSION (HTTP://DRBOLI.WORDPRESS.COM/2009/03/06/THE-LITTLE-DUTCH-BOY-WHO-SAVED-HOLLAND/) is a better analogy of the efforts teachers make as represented by the boys. The Burgomaster and the Burghers on the other hand Just read it and make your own inferences. History teaches us that many guided hands make a large job easier. Julius Caesar s army in 55BC built a bridge ACROSS THE RHINE RIVER IN 10 DAYS. If we were to engage the parents of the 40,000 students in Henry County, or any county, provide them with Academic Parenting Skills, and simple tools that allow them to support education as it occurs As a Business Leader, or a Partner in Education when was the last time someone asked you to support education and it did not require some additional expense of time, money, or both? I am presuming that you speak with customers, employees, or both. I am not asking that you spend any additional time, just refocus part of the conservation, listen and ask questions. You could be surprised, at what you learn.

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