OPINION: Inconvenient truths and a hospital pass
In part one of his analysis of last week’s States meeting, Richard Graham recalls the discussions about education and runway extensions which opened the debate
In part one of his analysis of last week’s States meeting, Richard Graham recalls the discussions about education and runway extensions which opened the debate
ESTIMATED maximum construction costs of a new post-16 campus at Les Ozouets have increased by nearly 50% – more than £30m. in cash terms – since the projects were approved by the States.
BEAU SEJOUR has been ‘lacking strategic purpose’ for years, according to Education, Sport & Culture president Andrea Dudley-Owen.
HERM School will reopen by the end of October at the latest – and possibly before.
EDUCATION president Andrea Dudley-Owen has told parents of preschool children to stop relying on hand-held devices to entertain their toddlers.
THE last quarter of the year sees States meetings coming around thick and fast.
AN ATTEMPT to get a fuller picture of Guernsey students’ attainment in English and maths at GCSE has been made by Heidi Soulsby, who has asked three formal questions of Education, Sport & Culture.
Last week’s States debate showed the Assembly at its best, but there were plenty of low moments too, says Richard Graham
Herm Island leaseholder John Singer described the States debate which gave the island’s tiny school a reprieve, just three days into its temporary closure, as ‘arduous’ for himself and for deputies.
HERM School is to be reopened after States members approved a move yesterday to reverse a one-year trial closure.
A DWINDLING projected classroom population over the next five years is one of the main reasons cited in a report by Education, Sport & Culture justifying the closure of Herm School.
A VIRTUAL fly-through of an AI-generated model of the proposed post-16 Les Ozouets campus was one of the features available to islanders attending a drop-in session at The Guernsey Institute’s Coutanchez facility.
Deputy Gavin St Pier explains what’s on the agenda at this week’s States meeting
THE closure of Herm’s school could be ‘the final dagger through the heart of the Herm community’, the island’s leaseholder has said.
AN open letter to all deputies: