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Classes decrease due to residency
Published Tuesday, September 30, 2008
VIDALIA — The crackdown on out-of-district students in Concordia Parish is under way, and some students are being sent to other school districts.
While some students were moved to the correct school district by their parents’ initiative and others have been told to move by the district, others still have not proven their residency, Superintendent Loretta Blankenstein said.
Tougher residency requirements placed in effect this year are part of an ongoing desegregation order from the U.S. Justice Department.
The school district does not have a deadline by which they have to meet the justice department’s order, but principals are already working on it, Blankenstein said.
Parents were first notified that they would have to prove their residency by letters that were sent home with the students. Follow-up letters have since been sent.
The school district initially got a list of students with questionable residency from the Justice Department itself.
At the end of the last academic year, the district gave the department all of the students’ information, and the department geocoded it along school district maps.
Information that may have helped flag a student’s residence as questionable might have been a phone number and an address that did not match, Blankenstein said.
Other students were flagged because the district received complaints about them being out-of-district, she said.
The district also found out-of-district students by following school buses along their routes.
In one instance, Blankenstein said district officials saw students getting off of a bus and into a waiting vehicle at an address listed as theirs.
“Some of the things that we found would be a mobile home with no electricity connected,” she said.
In a case like that, the person who owned or rented the mobile home may have waited a few weeks for school to begin, and then had the power disconnected when they thought residency had been established.
“If they had already disconnected the lights, we might have contacted them,” Blankenstein said.
In other instances, school officials went for a home visit only to find that the address listed was a camp instead of a primary residence.
But not all of the students on the list are out of district. For example, students in Ridgecrest have a Ferriday address, some Monterey students have a Jonesville address and even some students who have a Vidalia address are actually in the Ferriday school zone.
“Those students may have been ID’d as someone we need to verify but are actually in zone,” Blankenstein said.
Vidalia Junior High School Principal Whest Shirley said the reason many of the out-of-district students were able to register was because they could provide enough documentation to enroll.
“When a parent comes in with the proper paperwork, we are obligated to let them enroll,” he said. “It’s hard for principals to police that if they have the proper paperwork.”
The entire problem hinges on residency and how it is defined.
“It’s not really a property ownership deal, not where you pay taxes,” he said. “It’s where you put your head down at night. I own property in Arkansas and Mississippi, but that doesn’t mean I can send my kids to school there.”
Shirley said approximately five students have been sent home for being out of district in the last week, and that the school probably still has 20 out-of-zone students.
Meanwhile, at Vidalia Lower Elementary School, Assistant Principal Charles Anderson said between 10 and 15 students have been sent to other schools, and a total of 30 have been contacted about having questionable residency.
“There are two reactions that we see,” Anderson said. “Either a parent gets upset and is pretty mad about the situation, but most of the parents I have talked to just said, ‘You caught me.’ They were just sad they had to change schools.”
Parents usually understand when it is explained that the order was not a district vendetta, but a federal order, Vidalia High School Principal Rick Brown said.
“We had a some discussions and had to explain that that wasn’t necessarily the school board, but a justice department decision that they had to abide by,” Brown said.
But the schools are seeing some benefits, Anderson said.
“Some classes have lost two or three students, and there is a big difference between teaching 21 students and 18 students in an elementary classroom,” he said.
Shirley said that the reaction he has seen in the community is generally positive, much of it for the same reason that Anderson gave.
“Every study points that if you can lower the teacher-student ratio, you are going to have a better learner output,” he said.
Numbers of how many students have been sent to other school districts are not yet available, but Blankenstein said every school had some students who were out of district.
Comments
Posted by whatever (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 6:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thank God classes are getting smaller. Maybe now they can stop threatening to beat kids with an electric paddle.
Posted by kilabe (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 6:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
LOL....they don't have an "electric" paddle, but there is a paddle. If Parents only knew just how bad their kids act, they would want an electric paddle themself. Most children do know how to act and do have manners, but there are still those handfull who do not and I have found that its their parents who run their mouths. I invite you to sit in the classroom all day and then lets talk about it!
Posted by digem (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 7:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I think its funny how parents will do anything to keep their kids out of Natchez public schools. I don't blame them one bit, thank God my kid is out of school.I taught for 7yrs. in natchez public schools and honey could I tell you some stuff.Natchez high needs "qualified" teachers and quit letting kids smoke and have sex at school!!!!! Natchez schools are a joke!
Posted by NTZglasshouses (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 7:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Everyone brings up Natchez public schools as a reason for industry not wanting to move to Natchez, maybe they should actually get a clue.
I am a young professional in who chose to live in Natchez. I love it. I spend as much money locally as I can, pay a nice chunk of property taxes, and have lots of friends and family here. However, I also have to pay $4000 a year for my child to attend school. Natchez will be waiving good by to my family when my youngest starts school. So they need to realize not only are people not moving to Natchez, they are losing good people that are already here! Hmmm. Pay $8000/year for my 2 children to attend a good school here, or move somewhere with a good public school system and pocket $8000 more a year? I could pay for both of their colleges in a matter of a few years with that savings.
Many thanks to the politicians who helped initiate the closing of North/South Natchez high schools. Really brilliant choice in retrospect. By integrating 2 high schools, you really segregated them. 95%/5%. Sounds segregated to me.
Posted by kpage (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 9:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
good post glass. good point
Thanks to West and Co., the schools in Natchez are now segregated...exactly what they wanted all along. I have to assume they knew this would happen and could care less about how bad it would affect the town as a whole.
I'm so glad I live in Vidalia, where my kid's residency is not questioned. I just feel terrible for the kids who have to go to school in Natchez or Ferriday. It doesn't seem fair they don't have good learning environments in N. or F.
Why are kids not a priority in Natchez? Well, they're not. If so, then there would be a huge rec complex and the schools would be fit to learn in. Still, Nat. officials sit on their hands and bemoan the state of the community...and do nothing...hence, the kids are not a priority in Natchez. If so, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Posted by hollywood (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 9:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
good job ms. blankenstein and principals!!
Posted by pbnj (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 10:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
kpage
Children here are a priority but just the ones that do not have to go to public schools. Its terrible but true. You know when I was in high school VHS was not your ideal school system, riots, fights, and hoodlums. Now they have an exceptional curriculum. So maybe Natchez should take some notes. The problem out there is there is no authority, the gangs and other uncontrollable menaces are running that school cause no one has the b_lls toput their foot down.
Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 11:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"The Principal". Where is a Morgan Freeman when you ned one? We need someone who would knock these Natchez High thugs down on the floor, then expell them, then go find their sorry parents and beat the hell out of them just for "The principle" of it.
Sorry stupid thug kids come from noncaring sorry stupid thug parents.
Posted by jammin1 (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 11:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hardcorps, I believe the reference you are trying to make is that Natchez needs a Joe Clark!!!! You are right Natchez High does need a Mr. Joe. But as soon as he told one of those thug parents to get a job and get thier kid off welfare and give themselves some respect, those thug parents would be sceaming bloody murder!!
Posted by Johndeere06 (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 12:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
My two cents about this issue. I grew up in Natchez/Vidalia and attended each school district. Vidalia till the 4th grade, the rest in the Natchez public schools. When highschool was over for me I enlisted in the Army. That move landed me in the state of North Carolina, where I saw something that amazed me. In what lies in Wake County North Carolina is one of the best public school systems I have ever seen. People making upwards of $700,000 a yr. sending their kids to a public school!! Even riding the bus....Imagine that...you'll be lucky to find someone in this area making above $50,000 not knocking the doors down to the private schools. I truly believe that the states of Mississippi and Louisiana need to seriously sit down with states that have excellent public schools and adopt at least one thing from them.
Posted by obamayamama (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The Vidalia School system is exceptional, JohnDeer. That's what this article is all about! And you'll be lucky just to find someone here making over $50,000, period. But at least they are contributing something to taxes.
When I grew up in Natchez, we lied about our residence all through school years, McLaurin and South Natchez. I would walk and then get picked up by the little grocery store (M & M Grocery). Wow, back then, Natchez was so different.
Posted by obamayamama (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 12:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I heard one lady, who was p.o.ed because her kid got kicked out of class, went up to the Vidalia school board and gave them a list of people that lived outside the limits. She better keep her doors locked and wear football gear for the next few months!
Posted by Johndeere06 (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 3:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ok you got me obamayamama!! Vidalia is the public school of choice around here, being that its the most favorable of the choices. I'm speaking of the states as a whole. Louisiana and Mississippi both rank 44th and 48th respectively in a "Smartest State Ranking". If other states can adopt a reasonably plan for education, why can't these two states? Are we that poor? Are the people in charge of those states results of how we lack in education? I guess I'm just sick of hearing how we're the fattest, dumbest people in the country, and no one seems to try to do anything about it.
Posted by dovechase (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 3:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The problem is Johndeere, that they want someone else to fix it for them.
Posted by meluvcookies (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
How is it that the staff members who live out of district or zone, either one, are allowed to take their child/children to the same school where they work? They "lay their heads at night" say in Natchez, but works/attends school in Vidalia, but the child still gets to attend school in Vidalia just because his/her parent works in the system??? That's not right, either!! Shouldn't that child be attending school in his/her own district/zone?????
Posted by msfixit (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 4:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Teaching staff are allowed to bring their children to the Concordia Parish schools as an employment "perk" because Concordia Parish does not pay as much as Adams Co. Many good teachers are willing to work for less pay if they can have their children in the same district where they work. This is not an unusual practice in areas where different school districts close to each other compete for the same pool of certified personnel.
Posted by DrunkenMonkey (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 4:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What MsFixIt said.
I don't know if allowing teachers to bring their students to the district where they work is common practice everywhere, but it has been everywhere I have lived.
Posted by whatever (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 5:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The point is that both Natchez and Vidalia school districts are terrible. Both school districts are awful, and there's not much anyone can do to change it all until they get the pieces of crap out of the school board office, including Loretta Blankenstein.
Yes, you idiots, I know that the "electric paddle" is just a hand-held metal detector. Let ME threaten to beat my kids with an "electric paddle", then they go to school and tell on me....see how long it takes for the school to call child protection and the police. Good grief, does anyone else besides me see how messed up that is?!?
Posted by kpage (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 5:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
meluv...What I have an issue with is public school teachers who send their kids to private school! Whats up with that? I can deal with the "bring your kid to school" deal, but what about those who won't because the private schools provide a 'better education'. What, they don't trust their own methods of teaching our kids? Speaks volumes of their character....or lack thereof.
Posted by hollywood (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 8:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
i think blankenstein is doing a great job "whatever"... and I wish they would bring back "electic paddles".... they have my permission to spank my kids anytime they need it... and I think that if more parents supported the teachers, principals,, superintendents, etc. .. we would all have a better system.
Posted by Teach4Peace (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
My, things have definitely changed! I too can agree that when I was in high school, Vidalia was the LAST place people wanted to send their children to for an education. IMO things flipped when they got rid of North Natchez! I turned out to be a pretty decent person, I think (LOL :)!
Posted by happybunny (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 8:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Since Vidalia is so popular...why don't they charge out of state tuition then al the "illegals"can pay their fair share!
Problem solved!
Posted by hossfly (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 8:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
KPage: This is the United States of America. Parents who work in public schools have the right to send their kids to a private school if they so choose. What is the difference between a parent who works in a public school and then sends their kids to Mississippi College. It is mostly the environment that is better and not necessarily the better education.
Posted by crackbaby (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 9:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The parents have the proper paper work so we must enroll the students? Its not about property or taxes its where you lay your head at night? Did that statement come from the KGB handbook? The evidently, worthless paper work being referred to, is a list of mandatory criteria put fourth by the school as the students right of passage. When was owning a residence in Vidalia, paying property taxes in Vidalia, being registered to vote in Vidalia, Paying utility and garbage fees in Vidalia, receiving your mail in Vidalia, paying some one to cut your grass in Vidalia, address on your drivers license in Vidalia, only valid after passing a night time bed check? If a parent is willing to do all this,while owning another residence outside the school district. Isn't that a reflection of the interest and desperation of a parent for their child to receive a quality education in a friend familiar environment. If parents are honoring the schools mandated criteria the administrators should do the same. Use your resources to further the qualities, that have made your school the most desired among public schools in the area, not a KGB style witch hunt.
Posted by iameubu (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 9:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't fault Vidalia one bit. Their taxes pay for their schools for their residents. If you choose to live on the other side of the river, send your bunch to Gubmint school or suck it up and pay the price for one of the alternatives (which are a bargain compared to similar institutions in other areas). I chose the latter method to the tune of $120,000+. Did not like having to do that because it meant many fewer creature comforts for me. But in my opinion local guv. schools are no better than Angola or Parchman. The product emerging through the gates for the last time would be the same.
Posted by BOBCAT1974 (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 9:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If i had kid's going to public schools in Natchez,with the exception of lower elemetary,i would do everything posible to put them somewhere else.My niece is 13 years old she's being home schooled.She was the 1% in her class, the last few years that she attended the public shools.Her sister is at McClaurin she is about 2% in her class.In another year are so she will be home schooled.My sister could have lied about where they lived but she said it would be teaching them to lie.It's not so much as a white/black isue as is the behavior problems as well as drugs,and kid's so out of control.
Posted by iameubu (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 10:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
OK I was a little too harsh in the previous post. I know that there are many students in gov. schools who pay attention to and respect the teacher and are there through no fault of their own, graduate and become fine citizens.
Posted by NTZglasshouses (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 10:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
And don't forget, Natchez will soon be a town full of adults educated by Natchez High School. I'm sure the teachers are qualified, but they know as well as we on the outside know that they are fighting a losing battle. When you are at a school in which the students wear ignorance as a badge of honor, its much cooler to be disrespectful and "thuggish" than it is to even consider a productive future, only really REALLY shiny rims merit respect, and half of the female student body has some form of "MZ DIVA" personalized tag, its all downhill for the future of Natchez.
We can only employ so many convenience store cashiers, wal-mart grocery cart picker uppers, unskilled laborers, detail shop owners/sitter arounders, and mall loiterers before all of the minimum wage jobs are filled in this small town. We may as well change the signs to South Fayette...thats what we will be in no time.
Posted by rose18 (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 11:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
IT IS ABOUT TIME THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS S----- IT HAS NEEDED TO BE DONE A LONG TIME AGO I SAT ON MY PORCH EVERY MORNING AND WATCH PARENTS COMEING HERE THEY NEED TO MOVE ARE GO TO SCHOOL WERE THEY BELONG WAY TO GO CONCORDIA PARISH SCHOOLBOARD GOOD WORK KEEP GETTING THEM OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS THEY NEED TO GO TO THE RIGHT SCHOOL. CONCORDIA PARISH MOM
Posted by NatchezEnema (anonymous) on September 30, 2008 at 11:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Word to the wise. If you think good things happen when the goverment gets involved? Look at Natchez high. Remember that before you vote for Obama who thinks the goverment can solve everything. I say, let them ROT! It's just a matter of time before the goverment has to come down here and undo what they did.
Posted by crackbaby (anonymous) on October 1, 2008 at 12:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
A funny scenario: Hello Mrs. Smith, this is the Superintendent. I know its 11:00 pm, why are you not answering your home phone, just your cell phone?
Mrs. Smith: I don't know, It could be turned off. Whats wrong?
Sup: Call me back on your home phone, then put little Johnny on the line. Don't forget I have caller I. D.!
Little Johnny: Hello superintendent, did I do something wrong?
Sup: Maybe you did. A lady on her porch saw your mom drop you off at school this morning. Are you sure you're going to the school where you belong?
Ltl. Johnny: Yes I think I am.
Sup: Are you actually home now? Or is this some fancy recording?
Ltl. Johnny: Oh yes Its me. I promise its really me!
Sup: Well I guess thats good enough. Get some sleep for school tomorrow. By the way, you might consider riding the bus. With your mom dropping you at school, you've made our Justice Department Questionable Residency List.
Come on guys, now thats funny ha ha.
Posted by Blasterhappy (anonymous) on October 1, 2008 at 4:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I think most people are missing the big picture here. This is the result of what has filtered down from what Natchez has failed to achieve due to organizations like the Historical (Hysterical) Society and the Garden Club. Organizations like these have way too much influence in Natchez. They are more concerned with keeping a superficial image than actually being what they boast they are. That is where Natchez suffers in comparison. Natchez has been left behind while Vidalia is moving ahead by leaps and bounds. The residents see this but the local government is in denial and that is what is truly sad.
I don't blame parents one bit for wanting the best for their children. Now if you could get Natchez to want the best for it's residents you might achieve something by kicking all of the rich "Blue Hairs" and History Nuts out of city affairs and get rid of all of the hoops and hurdles city government has to jump through on a daily basis. That would be the first step.
Posted by Krogers (anonymous) on October 1, 2008 at 11:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Ntzglasshouse has some good insight for us
It seems everyone here agrees that the classroom and hallways, bathrooms of the public schools are OUT OF CONTROL
I haven't been to NHS since my daughter graduated a few years back, I guess there has been no change
I am convinced we need more discipline at the teacher level in the classroom and the teacher should be allowed to lay hands on the student and throw them out, or turn them over to a discipline coordinator, who in turn makes the decision whether or not, by a step by step method of progression - a student that is bad enough and keeps getting in and causing troubles-
we need the - ADAMS CO BOOT CAMP for STUPID STUDENTS
of course for political correctness call it something else like Adams Co discipline camp for special students
but put in place a special military type program that will drill and work physically the bad kids and get them on a tough schedule starting early, early and finishing late, late that will just wear them out and make them appreciate regular classes. Make every parent aware of the program and they have to agree to it upon registration.
Posted by Krogers (anonymous) on October 1, 2008 at 11:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
whatever
I hear you loud and clear and know exactly what you are talking about
I've had charges pressed on me for assault by my kid a few years back
I made the big mistake of getting a lawyer, because after it was all said and done, I could have defended myself just as well, but anyway we did go to court and I was found not guilty, cause I never hurt the girl in the first place. The judge was very fair, but it should have never gone that far. Some soft mommas and liberal thinking people just don't understand teenagers, THEY WILL GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING THEY CAN, unless you get tough with them. I remember when I was a teenager and all the stupid stuff I wanted to do, don't you???
Looking back, I wouldn't have done anything different in regards to my child, I did the right thing. Now after she's grown up a bit she's grateful that I cared enough to stop her from getting herself in trouble with her running the streets and partying, etc.
So I know that TOUGH LOVE will pay off in the long run, but it hurts like the devil in a parent's heart to have to accept the truth that little johnny isn't an angel andwill hate you for a while going against their teenage foolishness. Do it anyway and be a good strong parent.
Posted by Krogers (anonymous) on October 1, 2008 at 11:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Blasterhappy, how in the world can you say the garden club has had anything to do with the school system? How FOOLISH!!
Only people to blame are 1) the students 2) the students parents) 3) the school administration for not getting tough 4) the school board for not firing lenient administration 5) the board of supervisors for not getting tough on the school board and school administrators
It's the people NOT the funding and NOT other groups that have NOTHING to do with the daily operations of the schools.
Support that Committee for Better Public Schools and complain to Aldermen, Mayor, Board of Supervisors, The School Board, and The School Administration
Demand a Boot Camp for Bad Kids
Posted by southernlady1776 (anonymous) on October 1, 2008 at 12:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I know what you mean by how the historical society seems to think this is a 100% blue blood town and everyone is knocking down 2.5 mil a year which is far from the truth but the schools absolutely suck... you can put lipstick on a pig all day long but it wont make it a beauty queen...
The history of the area has nothing to do with the schools it has nothing to do with how things are run... it's the peoples attitude that evokes such a problem... they do want to brush things under the carpet and pretend it don't exisit but the fact is people from other places can see if for their selves what it is about... they just making their selves look stupid by prentending it does not exsist.... I do not care how much or how little money anyone has you have to be human first and foremost... money is nice but it won't buy happiness or smarts.
This problem with the Natchez schools is a long runnnig one and they need to be corrected.. after all we pay taxes for these schools to be open and no one is getting an eductaion from them.. the ones who go seem to use it for a big club house for their friends to have sex and smoke... it's a school... not a brothel....and the parents and faculty are to blame for letting it slide...who cares if the parents get mad because they get called on the carpet... had they been doing their job then this would not be happening... if they can't follow the rules then they get suspended.. then the law steps in and ask why the child is not in school either way it will make them take responsibility.
When the parents and the citizens stop complaining to one another and light a fire under the mayor and the school boards butt then maybe something may get done but someone has to take the first step.... you know they are elected officals and can be impeached if they don't do their job... everyone has someone over them and if you don't get what you need at one level you go to the next and so on till someone listens... if you want go to the top and raise a stink about it ... all the citizens need to get together and get the media invloved about the conditions and I bet then they will get off their butts... one thing they don't want is bad publicity... but sometimes you gotta fight fire with fire. Joining together is the only way to get this issue resolved.
The historical society needs to worry about the history and historic structure of the city and let the government officials run the town... in a nut shell they all need to keep ther minds on their own business and let others take care of their own..
Parents need to stop setting bad examples for their children by letting smoke do drugs drink and being sexualy active they are children not adults and need proper supervision... It all boils back down to people being responsible for their own actions.. as long as someone else is covering for them they will continue to make the same mistakes.
Posted by whatever (anonymous) on October 1, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Krogers:
I remember how I was as a teenager, and I know kids need their tails beat every day just because. That's not my point. Why should the schools be allowed to threaten a punishment that I, as the parent, wouldn't DREAM of doing? Yep, kids are bad today...mine try my patience every single day. But I do NOT agree with this, and I feel like Vidalia schools, and the superintendent, stepped over the line on this.
As for schools, which school is better than the other doesn't even matter because they are both not even worth sending your child to. Both districts are ran by fools that don't know their heads from a hole in the ground. The whole area is full of people like that, and it will never change because of the level of inbreeding and the mentality here.
This is MY OPINION and I don't care what anyone else thinks.
Posted by saywhat (anonymous) on October 1, 2008 at 8:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I fought to get my kids the best education for years in Vidalia. When there are 29 kids in a class it is too many. My youngest was not getting the extra help he needed because it was divided between Vidalia and Natchez kids. I was told by parish employees when I complained to keep my mouth shut. They were getting money for those kids.
I finally gave up and moved my kids to a ISD school district in Texas. We never imagined the advantages outside of Vidalia. When my oldest graduates from high school he will be entering college as a Sophmore because of the AP and college classes he is able to take. The graduating class last year was offered over 1 1/2 MILLION dollars in scholarships. Each graduate received something and there were only 5 awarded for sports. All others were acadamic. This is a school the same size as Vidalia.
I miss Vidalia and Texas will never be home but it is the best thing I could have ever done for my kids.
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