Hat-tip to mydavidcameron.com
The political row over Primary School closures continues to rumble across Medway as local Conservatives seek to forcibly merge Delce Junior and Infact Schools in Rochester, whilst being subject to a legal challenge by parents at St John's, Chatham over the closure of there school against best advice.
Ridge Meadow school was axed by Medway Conservatives last year after a parent-led campaign failed to stop the cuts.
The plans to close St Peter's Primary School were rejected after a massive parent-led campaign coupled with concerted action by Cllrs' Esterson and Murray which involved the u-turn of several prominent Conservative Councillors. Labour Cllr Hubbard led the fight to stop the merger of two independent Strood Schools.
The mess surrounding the closure of Primary Schools still rumbles because the process of consultation and engagement has been mismanaged by Medway Conservatives from the very inception.
The changes remain part of the Medway Primary Change Strategy - though it has now been so mangled that it would be a fool that would use the original consultation as a basis for school changes, now that a number of Primary Schools have been saved. The Government set aside more than £11million in its primary capital programme to invest in the council's proposals to transform primary school education in Medway. The Tories have bungled the process.
Medway Conservatives announced in April 2009, its proposed plans to merge 16 primary schools and close three after ensuring all schools were notified before going public. The process has seen the Tories back-track singificantly on several key school closures and mergers due to statistical errors and poor management information and metrics.
The resulting process has shown that Medway Conservatives simply can not be trusted to manage children's education.
For more information please visit (independent) Save Our Medway Schools
Ridge Meadow school was axed by Medway Conservatives last year after a parent-led campaign failed to stop the cuts.
The plans to close St Peter's Primary School were rejected after a massive parent-led campaign coupled with concerted action by Cllrs' Esterson and Murray which involved the u-turn of several prominent Conservative Councillors. Labour Cllr Hubbard led the fight to stop the merger of two independent Strood Schools.
The mess surrounding the closure of Primary Schools still rumbles because the process of consultation and engagement has been mismanaged by Medway Conservatives from the very inception.
The changes remain part of the Medway Primary Change Strategy - though it has now been so mangled that it would be a fool that would use the original consultation as a basis for school changes, now that a number of Primary Schools have been saved. The Government set aside more than £11million in its primary capital programme to invest in the council's proposals to transform primary school education in Medway. The Tories have bungled the process.
Medway Conservatives announced in April 2009, its proposed plans to merge 16 primary schools and close three after ensuring all schools were notified before going public. The process has seen the Tories back-track singificantly on several key school closures and mergers due to statistical errors and poor management information and metrics.
The resulting process has shown that Medway Conservatives simply can not be trusted to manage children's education.
For more information please visit (independent) Save Our Medway Schools
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