Talk:Valwood School

Misleading footnotes
Cited at note 2 is page 2034 of a US Government document. However, the linked document, at that page, contains no reference to the Valwood School (or to Valdosta). The newspaper article cited at note 4 says nothing about the circumstances of or motivations behind the founding of the Valwood School but mentions it only as a tenant of the first building it occupied [aka Central Elementary School]: "The first high school was located on the corner of Central Avenue and Oak Street and was constructed in 1905 for white students. In 1968, when the school was closed, it was sold to First Baptist Church, who rented it to Valwood School before building an activity building on the site." The letter to the editor cited at note 3 represents a point of view. None of those sources, therefore, serves objectively to support the statement that "Valwood School was founded by local reactionaries in response to the federally mandated racial desegregation of public schools." Relevant neutral sources are needed here. Most especially, warrant is required for the identification of Valwood's founders as "reactionaries" -- an identification that fails to appear in any of the footnoted items. Only the letter to the editor cited at footnote 3 characterizes these people at all. It describes them only as "many white citizens." An article by Mary Crouse, "It's Newest in Oldest," Valdosta Daily Times 26 August 1969, p 5., states that "the idea to form Valwood was initiated about a year and a half ago by a group of local parents who wanted their children to have a better education." It also announces the opening of Valwood School on September 2nd. The Valwood School itself has recently published a book about its own history, http://www.valwood.org/alumni/50th_book.cfm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.17.179.75 (talk) 20:33, 10 April 2019 (UTC)