Letters to the Editor

BoE, uproot as few kids as possible in rezoning

Tue, 11/13/2007 - 5:00pm
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We are writing to make a plea to the men and women who make up the Fayette County Board of Education. Please allow the children of Georgian Park to continue their education at Kedron Elementary. We are very concerned and oppose the school redistricting plan that would unnecessarily force hundreds of Peachtree City children to change schools.

Kedron Elementary was built as an investment in the future of the children of Kedron Village. And even if we squint, it’s hard for us to see the rationale behind sending Georgian Park students to a school outside their village only to make room for students who’ll have to commute from another village.

One plan that the board will consider moves more children than necessary, and somehow it’s supposed to hold up for five years.

The layout of the “villages” attracted so many of us to Peachtree City. The uniqueness of young people walking to their nearby schools, and parents picking up their kids in golf carts rather than cars – choosing not to add to traffic and emissions – even gets national media attention.

Let’s be honest, it’s the accessibility of golf carts, the network of paths and proximity to attractions and conveniences that help Peachtree City earn national rankings like “Best Places to Live.”

Will the men and women of the board of education consider these same factors when drawing Peachtree City’s school boundary lines?

If one recommendation stands, more parents will have to drive their cars further to a new school while their neighbor in the subdivision behind them will head in a different direction towards another school. How does that promote golf cart accessibility and close proximity?

We ask that the members of the board of education choose to leave Georgian Park students at Kedron and move the least amount of children in the county as possible. There has to be a better way of making rezoning work than moving one out of every fourth child or more to a new school.

Larry and Rita Smith

Peachtree City, Ga.

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Submitted by hutch866 on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 5:13pm.

You could let your kid ride the bus, you don't have to drive him/her to school.

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Submitted by 7 on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 8:50am.

I do not let my children ride the bus because I take responsibility for my children. There are no seat belts on school buses. There is a great lack of discipline on school buses. With all that free time on a school bus, children talk about things and hear things that no child should know about at their age . . . you would be amazed!

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Map B
Submitted by timeforchange on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 1:58pm.

You will be happy with the new Map B. The 200 + kids from Centennial stay at PTC Elem. The 100+ kids from Wynmeade go to Kedron leaving room for the Georgian Parkway to stay at Kedron their “neighborhood school”.

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Submitted by hutch866 on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 12:32pm.

oops


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Submitted by Cyclist on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 12:33pm.

A good candidate for "home schooling".
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I agree
Submitted by ATLtoPTC on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 1:18pm.

If my kids are being "ruined" during their 5-7 minute bus ride, I shudder to think about the damage that happens during lunch, recess, and all those bathroom breaks! Ack!

If you're that worried about school bus gossip, maybe you should consider homeschooling, because the bus should be the least of your worries!

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Cy
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Submitted by hutch866 on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 12:38pm.

Lord help them in the real world.

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Submitted by Cyclist on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 12:45pm.

overly-protective parent. Life in a vacuum tube.
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Submitted by hutch866 on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 12:48pm.

Rest assured I didn't tell anyone about the pocketbook.

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Submitted by Cyclist on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 12:58pm.

It's a good thing too. I had enough people looking at me last night as we walk to the wife's purse oops, I meant her van.
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Submitted by hutch866 on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 12:30pm.

I guess you don't let your kids talk to other kids at all then. Do you think they only talk about school stuff when in school? What a crock, are you saying I don't take responsibility for my child just because she rides the bus? Maybe it's your kid that is so disruptive, huh?

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Submitted by 7 on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 8:39am.

Rising Star Middle School's buses are famous for oral sex! If you want your child exposed to that, go for it!!!

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