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Lincoln County forfeited its rights: 'Thorough and efficient' schools are not optional
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Charleston Daily Mail
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July 3, 2003
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I wish I could join the outraged parents in Lincoln County who
don't want to consolidate their four high schools into one new
school.
But I can't. In fact, it appears to me that the folks in Lincoln
County gave up their right to determine the future of education in
their county years ago.
I'm no fan of school consolidation. In fact, most of America is
turning away from consolidated schools that often become warehouses
where kids get lost and feel abandoned too easily.
If the current four Lincoln County high schools were effective,
there'd be a reason to protest the planned consolidation. But the
fact the state had to take over the entire county school system is
proof positive that most of ...