GET the schools done, versus years of dither and delay – the two central messages being relied on by Education, with more than a hint of Brexit messaging about them.
IF THE politicians and staff leading the two-school model were feeling rattled and deflated after Sunday’s protest march, they were showing no signs of it at a meeting with Forest Primary School parents.
AN EMBATTLED Education, Sport & Culture committee put on a united front and showed they are not for turning at its first meeting with the parents of primary school children.
EDUCATION president Matt Fallaize has accused those behind the requete of having no alternative proposals or solutions, but it would appear that he cannot have understood the requete’s content or intent. It is made clear that it is intended that there be a pause in implementation of ESC’s plans so that options can be reviewed and given careful consideration in an informed manner. It is risible that he is now claiming that the requete fails to provide such a direction, when it was his own amendment laid two years ago that lacked the detail necessary for the States to make an informed decision. It is indeed unfortunate that the States did not at that time recognise that gross deficiency.
A COMMEMORATIVE bronze statue may be unveiled on 9 May to mark 75 years of Liberation.
THE ‘one school on two sites’ model will work. The children will be able to travel safely to and from the new colleges and they will receive a perfectly adequate education when they get there. There may be traffic tailbacks, inconvenience for the neighbours and a need for chicanes in the corridors but at the end of the day it will work.
SUPPORTERS of a move to delay education reforms have been accused of being desperate to avoid talking about what their solution would be.
STAFF at Le Murier have joined other teachers in calling for a pause in the schools transformation programme as they raise concerns about how their pupils’ lives would be impacted.
THE politicians who want to rip up plans for the two comprehensive colleges have set a deadline of December for a new education model to be agreed.
ATTEMPTS are being made to secure additional land around Les Beaucamps School in order to provide extra sports facilities and help ease the concerns of teachers over a lack of space.
DEBATE about education reforms risks dragging on for another five years or even longer, Education has said, as it is faced with more opposition from teachers.
CAMPAIGNERS have called on those who support a delay to plans to delay secondary eduction transformation to join a protest march on Sunday.
THE second video released by Education focuses on how students will be supported in the new colleges.
I START with a question: what do we expect when it comes to communication from our deputies?
MANY islanders still have serious concerns about the two-school model, despite several meetings, drop-ins and question-and-answer sessions having taken place.
