My kids went through the Fayette County School System and had friends of all different racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. I coached in a Fayette HS for ten years and had the same experience. So don't assume that Fayette does not have diversity; it does!

that we have ALWAYS ojected too. I'm glad you feel safe...

"Culture" is great if that "culture" doesn't involve gratuitous crime.

Most of us just do not like criminals or crime. That is what we "can't get along with". It is that simple.

I do not doubt you like where you live and enjoy the benefits of such. But please do not call out anyone for their views on "diversity"

I left Clayton 5 years ago during the first accreditation fiasco. I had a great house in a community of great residents. But a year (or two) before we moved, the MACE crowd and their friends ran a slate of candidates under slogans such as "it's our turn now!" and such. These candidates had pictures on their campaign signs in case someone could not figure out who the "our" was.

Needless to say, in no time these elected members, took the schools to the SACS dog house and now the out house. Sadly, the lack of interest in diversity may have accelerated this crisis. The community had spoken, and then failed to speak up.

In Fayette, the entire community is involved in our schools. There is active participation from the community and the results show. UGA actually does limit the number of acceptances from a school like McIntosh because these kids could fill the place up. You will be shocked to see these children are from every color of the rainbow and every step on the economic ladder, and they are succeeding with an involved community that works with and for the schools that it has invested in. Despite these impressive results, you will find our citizens constantly monitoring and advising our school board to ensure that we remain a quality school system.

It is Clayton's turn to reap from the investment it has sown at the polling place. I feel for the children who are the victims not of "white flight", but of a community that has failed them.

You are to be commended for staying in the county as those voted into office continue to bring your county in deeper troubles. I can understand the desire to bring your children up in a multi-cultural area. To teach them to be open minded about race. The joy that is to be had in going to a grocery store and shopping for okra or ginger, though you can find that at every Kroger or Publix, it just happens to be more expensive. The issue is still the other residents, the ones that show no interest or concern about the burgeoning crime, or the students that chose not to concern themselves with an education, and seek the fast or illegal dollar. Those are the students many of us in Fayette are against.

The real local tragedy, then, is for families like yours who really do care about education, but have been let down by those vested with the responsibility of ensuring that the education provided is what you deserve.

I liked your "okra and ginger" line, by the way.