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5 Responses to “Statutory Consultation Meetings”

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   Karen Says:
   June 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm

   When do year 4 parents get consulted? They are not invited to the meetings in July and their children will not be at the primary school for the meetings in September (assuming there will be meetings for primary schools).
   The public meetings are at Cowes, this is not eco-friendly or practical for people to have to travel across the Island for the meetings. Why have they not given a variety of venues?
   I attended the meeting for staff at Solent today, this was a farce! No minutes were taken and any representation that we want to make must be made by email or writing. I don’t understand how this can be classed as a consultation meeting!

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   Danny Says:
   June 23rd, 2008 at 8:28 pm

   This is a plea to anyone still reading this site:
   Firstly read the most recent posts on Have Your Say
   Secondly as Caroline says on post 634 on this page now is when formal consultation begins. They may try and tell us reorganisation is set in stone but I too, like Karen above, was at the Solent meeting this afternoon and the LA officers can still offer no explanation as to how anything they are planning will raise standards. It was also abundantly clear that they still have very little vision or clear ideas of how the reorganisation will be managed or suuccessfully take place.
   **It was also said that if enough representations are made now so that the majority view is not to go ahead with reorganisation they would not be able to.**
   This is important - if you feel strongly about the furure of your childrens education you must put your feelings across in writing or email to Alex Moffat.
   Come on all of you who were so keen to protest before - we really need you all now !

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   Cowes visitor Says:
   June 24th, 2008 at 11:57 pm

   Summary of Cowes meeting 24th June

   About 100 attended. Not sure if Somerton parents had been told of meeting. Steve Bynon, Keith Simmonds, Alex ?.. Constructive meeting but the useful info was in the verbal Q&A, not in the handouts.

   From memory (someone else please correct me if you think differently):
   Stages in process described.
   Written comments to council will be acknowledged but not answered.
   Statutory notices in papers and outside schools will respond to comments received.
   Whole process vulnerable to political change with new council in May 2009.
   Middle school teachers to have transitions agreed by summer 2009.

   In 2010/11 Primaries will have year R to year 5.
   In 2010/11 Cowes Secondary will have years 6 to 13. Years 9-13 in existing Cowes High building until Spring/Summer 2011 when new school built then phased move in. Years 6,7 and 8 will be housed in the former middle school buildings but will be part of the secondary school (i.e. Year 6 will do their Key Stage 2 tests in secondary school!)
   In 2011/12 Primaries will have year R to year 6. (Gurnard & Love lane can move into vacated Middle school sites. They may have some of their facilities removed)
   In 2011/12 Cowes Secondary will have years 7 to 13. Years 10-13 in new Cowes school building. Years 7-9 in old Cowes High building. (Subject to future funding, a new Cowes Lower Secondary to be built between the old and new buildings. Old one then demolished)

   Questions that now come to mind:
   How will gurnard accommodate year 5 on old site?
   Who is accountable for Key Stage 2 results done in secondary school?
   Are East Cowes and North Newport (or the whole Island) following the same timescales, or will their year 6 to 8 children move to Somerton/Solent sites in 2010/11?

   Please could others provide feedback from the other meetings.

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   Steve Laser Says:
   June 25th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

   Thanks for your report Cowes Visitor. Can you recall the answers to the 3 Questions you have remembered or was it like all the other”consultation meetings” only waffle.
   I found the “whole process vulnerable to political change with the new council in May 2009″ interesting and I hope they realise we have long memories on the Island it might seem OK to treat us like fools when we cant change things for months, but time does move on and its going to be election time before you can shake a stick. I don’t think they fully realise the size of the monster they have generated, and frankly I don’t feel the “Team” has its finger on the pulse, or the skill/expertise to bring this through to a successful conclusion. Why try to reinvent the wheel when all it needed was a new Tyre.
   Even more worrying I have yet to speak to anyone that thinks axing successful Primary/Middle Schools is going to improve our kids education or get better results! We know the problem is in the High Schools, or is that to difficult? A properly run Select, Faith High School may be OK for the lucky few but what about the rest of our children?

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   Cowes visitor Says:
   June 25th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

   “Questions that now come to mind” came to mind when typing the message, not whilst at the meeting - hence not asked! Answers may emerge from other meetings.

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