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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Valdosta Daily Times published an article on Sept 20, 2009 “Controversy over decision not to show President Obama Continues.” There was a photo of me on the front page; “George Boston Rhynes shares statistics Saturday about the ratio of Black students to White students in the Valdosta City School System at a community meeting concerning the omission of the President’s speech from the city schools.”

However the statistics were not published leaving citizens unaware of what I provided to the 200 people in attendance.  This was the second such meeting concerning Superintendent Bill Cason decision not to allow students to watch the live president’s speech in a school system that is 80% Black.  And was a devastating blot to the members of our armed forces serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and in other war torn areas. 

Moreover this decision was a slap in the face of the children whose mothers and fathers departed from Moody Air Force Base here in Valdosta, Georgia, not knowing if their parents would ever return home to see them again?

Although these parents Executive Commander-In-Chief placed them in harms way and to deny these children this privilege is not easily accepted and has resulted in a request for the Superintendent Bill Cason to resign.  The following statistics was provided from the Valdosta City School Superintendent for the first 10 days of school September 10, 2009:

Valdosta City School System:        

THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS REPRESENT SYSTEM WIDE ENROLLMENT FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF SCHOOL: (September 10, 2009:

CITY SCHOOL BLACK WHITE OTHER GRAND TOTAL

J.L. Lomax Elementary
(Black- 617, White 11, Other 29, G. Tot. 657)

Salas-Mahone Elementary
(Black 443, White 390, Other 119, G. Tot. 952)

S.L. Mason Elementary School
(Black--629, White--189, Other--42, G. Tot.--860)

W.G. Nunn Elementary School
(Black--976, White--50, Other--52, G. Tot.--1078

Southeast Elementary School
(Black--285, White--8, Other--6, G. Tot.--299)

VECA
(Black--56, White--5, Other--4, G. Tot.--65)

Newbern Middle Elementary
(Black—482, White--9, Other--13, G/ Tot.--504)

Valdosta Middle School
(Black—620, White—251,Other—42, G. Tot.--913)

Valdosta High
(Black-1,232, White--358, Other--71, G. Tot.-- 1,661)

PLC
(Black—211, White--7, Other--5, G. Tot.--223)

Grand Total:

 Black:    5, 551  Whites:  1, 278   Other:  383 G. Total:  7,212

These figures look as if they were from the 1950s and 60s, and our local news media have a responsibility to keep the American people informed and not bury the facts.  God bless America and everybody else.



GEORGE BOSTON RHYNES
Retired United States Armed Forces Veteran
A concerned citizen and brother of humanity