Eric Stirgus, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 17, 2008
Anger. Sadness. Frustration. These were the emotions of many weary Clayton County parents, students and community leaders Sunday as the county’s school district deals with its most challenging crisis in memory.
On Friday, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools said infighting among school board members and violations of board procedures have made the district “fatally flawed” and recommended that Clayton’s accreditation be revoked, effective Sept. 1.
If Clayton loses its accreditation, students will no longer be eligible for HOPE scholarships and will find it tougher to get into some colleges. HOPE, a state-administered financial aid program, requires applicants to have attended accredited schools. This year’s graduating class would not be affected.
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Some remember it was just five years ago that SACS put the Clayton school district on probation after finding some school board members had little understanding of their responsibilities or just violated board policies.
Although Chairwoman Ericka Davis is the only member remaining from that board, many wonder how a new group of school board members could repeat what SACS officials said are some of the same mistakes.
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Clayton County, just south of Atlanta’s city limits, has suffered in recent years from rising crime and the highest mortgage foreclosure rate in the metro area. Its school district is in jeopardy of becoming just the third in the nation—and the first in Georgia—to lose its accreditation in the past 20 years.
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Clayton County school board, left to right, top to bottom: A. Michelle Strong, Lois Baines-Hunter, Yolanda Everett, Ericka Davis, Rev. W. Rod Johnson, Eddie White, David Ashe, Norreese Haynes, and Sandra Scott. |
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(Posted on February 22, 2008)
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“Its school district is in jeopardy of becoming just the third in the nation—and the first in Georgia—to lose its accreditation in the past 20 years”.
What is the racial makeup of the other two distrcits?
And these are considered some of the best of the African American leadership?
I wonder how many of these school board members were given their degrees through Affirmative Action.
Want to fix this matter? Put white men in charge and let them fix it. (Won’t happen)
Maybe OBAMA can change this and make it work.
I see that there appears to be at least one token white guy. Maybe they can blame all of this on his racism…..
Posted by LOGIC at 5:32 PM on February 22
Isn’t Clayton County the home to these so-called great black upper middle class enclaves?
Posted by St. Louis CofCC Blogmeister at 5:41 PM on February 22
I wonder how they’ll blame this one on whites.
Posted by at 7:15 PM on February 22
This what you pay real estate taxes for, totally incompetent buffons who are placed in these positions because of the color of their skin. The appropriate use of taxpayer funds and the education of the children are of no consequence and no concern. If things don’t go to well this year, that’s o.k. They’ll just raise your taxes next year to ‘improve’ the situation.
Posted by Baron at 8:05 PM on February 22
dont forget about the black sheriff who fired all the white deputies when elected.
Posted by at 8:23 PM on February 22
Man, it is hell watching Clayton county drift into Henry county. Many Henry county schools that were once decent have degenerated into behavior modification and parenting proxies. Over 80% have school lunch vouchers. Young blacks terrorize businesses and neighborhoods that were once tranquil and peace loving havens for white rural residents who are now ruing the day the farmers sold their land to developers. Many black teenage girls try out their depraved and witless behavior in white and asian businesses and in the streets causing racial friction and police visits. What were nice neighborhoods are now rooted with section 8 houses and folks who “adopt” troubled teenagers, using state payments for to pay off their crazy mortgages. Jamaican Restaurants are situated next to rib shacks. White flight is heavy in Western Henry county. No one wants to live here anymore. This is ghetto fabulous invades Mayberry. Can you imagine any greater travesty?
Posted by at 11:58 PM on February 22
Clayton County went from being 72% white in 1990 to 38% white in 2000 and 30% white in 2006.
So, given that information, is anyone really surprised? I’m not.
Posted by at 1:21 AM on February 23
LOGIC raises some very good questions. If only they would be answered…
Perhaps another ‘turnaround’ principal should be given the task of fixing this school.
Posted by Dark-Star at 9:06 AM on February 23
The black Clayton county sheriff who fired all the whites in his organization cost the county millions in the subsequent law suit.
This county was pretty much like any other here in GA until the blacks started moving in. Then it started making the headlines for all the things that follow blacks where ever they are in the world.
Posted by at 9:43 AM on February 23
They be fightin’! The sad reality is that blacks cannot govern themselves. When whites provide the leadership and organizational structure, a functional organization can exist. I can think of no black city, organization or country that is not disfunctional.
Posted by William Hendershot at 12:13 PM on February 23
Anger. Sadness. Frustration…infighting among school board members…violations of board procedures…“fatally flawed”… accreditation be revoked…
THIS is NEW?…look at the RACIAL makeup of the board!…these people CANNOT get along with ANYONE!…not even THEMSELVES!…be it a school, hospital or ANY OTHER ENTITY…these people run them into the ground and LOSE accreditations!
Students will no longer be eligible for HOPE scholarships and will find it tougher to get into some colleges. HOPE, a state-administered financial aid program, requires applicants to have attended accredited schools…
The HOPE scholarships are RACE-BASED scholarships!…the rates of BLACKS attending schools has shot up 21% while WHITES’ attendance has only risen by 5%!
Five years ago…finding some school board members had little understanding of their responsibilities or just violated board policies…although Chairwoman Ericka Davis is the only member remaining from that board, many wonder how a new group of school board members could repeat some of the same mistakes…
I REPEAT…LOOK at the RACIAL makeup of this board!…THAT’S how the SAME “mistakes” have been made…THAT’S how there is “little understanding” of their responsibilities…THAT’S how policies were “VIOLATED”!
Has suffered in recent years from rising crime and the highest mortgage foreclosure rate in the metro area…its school district is in jeopardy of becoming just the third in the nation—and the first in Georgia—to lose its accreditation in the past 20 years…
When BLACKS take control…THIS is what happens!…North, South, East OR West!…they SYSTEMATICALLY destroy and dismantle EVERYTHING they get their hands on!…THIS is NO news!…THIS is OLD news!
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Posted by Suzan Donoghue at 12:35 PM on February 23
dont forget about the black sheriff who fired all the white deputies when elected.
Posted by at 8:23 PM on February 22
I’ve mentioned this before, but this sheriff has a billboard on Tara Blvd. that reads:
NO LITTERING, LOITERING, OR LOUD MUSIC
VIOLATIONS WILL BE ENFORCED!
Is it just me, or is there really something idiotic about wanting to enforce violations?
Isn’t it just shocking that the schools are a mess?
Let me know if you would like a photo of the billboard - I will gladly email it to you.
Posted by Dave at 9:23 AM on February 24
You know what, they’ll blame all this on Georgia governor Sonny Perdue.
Remember the bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta? The family of the black woman that died, filed a lawsuit, against those they thought were responsible.
They didn’t file against Atlanta’s mayor- she was black.
They didn’t file against the Atlanta police commissioner - he was black.
They filed suit against the chairman of the Atlanta Olympic Organizing Committee, Billy Payne, who is Caucasian.
Posted by Soprano Fan at 10:51 AM on February 24
The story of Clayton county, Georgia’s transformation from a White, blue-collar ‘burb of Atlanta into something approaching Zimbabwe is a story in itself. Much of metro Atlanta’s violent crime is concentrated in Clayton and its immediate neighbor, DeKalb. Ordinary Whites have began using the code words “Clayton and DeKalb” with the obligatory sideways glances when describing the burgeoning anarchy there. Most news stories from these diversity paradises are about car chases, carjackings, home invasions, rape and murder, often over the most idiotic issues. It is worse than Buford Highway.
Much of these two majority non-White counties are apartment complexes - thank you, Section 8. A recent Atlanta Constipation article on the mortgage debacle showed a map of foreclosures in metro Atlanta…Clayton led the pack, followed by other counties in exact proportion to their number on non-Whites. “Racist” Forsyth county had the fewest.
Clayton’s “Mugabe” is Sheriff Victor Hill, aka “walking small” (at 5’, he is not NBA material).He is still involved in a costly (to taxpayers) litigation over his highhanded firing of a group of mostly White deputies when black Democrats seized power there several years back.
It is said that Georgia will be majority non-White in less than ten years…I’m ready for that move to Montana.
Posted by fire eater at 11:25 AM on February 24
I do not believe in mandatory public education. I certainly do not believe it is a wise use of taxpayer money to attempt to educate blacks. One might as well throw you money down the drain, it would be simpler.
Posted by at 5:30 PM on February 24
Houston has similar conditions. Every school district run by
blacks for blacks is financially insolvent, facing dis-accreditation. Just like the homeland, the purpose of holding
elective office is to loot the treasury and pad the payrolls
with kin. Not only incompetent but totally dis-honest. No hope
this will ever change.
ACE2X
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Click on a small picture to see shocking photos:
Posted by SedAmireedrop at 9:33 AM on February 25
If anyone has any doubts about the blacks ability to rule himself in a cival manner, look at their native land. In afrika they kill each other with little or no provocation, add to this mix the evil of islam and you have “murder the infidel in the name of allah” in the lowest form. Find one single ‘positive’ accomplishment in the dark continent. As much as I was brainwashed to believe “poor black person, so mis-treated, no education/opportunity/respect, needs a helping hand from the bad mean racist white person”, the truth is…my dog is better behaved and is always loyal to the hand that feeds it.
Posted by RlB at 11:09 PM on February 25
