A letter, with some odd uses of English, and the salutation ‘Dear Stakeholder’ came yesterday. I’m a parent, not a stakeholder. The salient points are:
- The consultation runs from Tuesday 25 March 2008 to Friday 2 May. It seems to be run by a Post 16 working party, whose membership has not been made public. The letter is signed by Carolyn Lambert, who, at the council meeting last autumn, was a strong opponent of the closure. Parents will hope she has not been suborned.
- There’s a public meeting on Wednesday 23 April at 7pm.
- The governors will make a decision at a meeting on 14 July. History students will remember that this date marked the end of feudal autocracy in France; it might do so once more.
The consultation come much too late to be of any use to the students in Year 11 who have lost the chance to stay at the school. If consultation were to be meaningful, it should have happened before the governors took their decision. I’ll scan the letter as soon as I can.
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March 29, 2008 at 6:42 am
Where can I find details of this consultation?We will be moving to Seaford soon and our oldest will be Year 11 next year – the existence of a local sixth form was an attraction. Didn’t last long for us!
March 29, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Thanks Ian. A good point. Clearly potential parents have something to say in this consultation, but I wonder how far the school will seek their views. We moved to Seaford four years ago, when our children were 12 and 10, and the presence of a school with a sixth form had a lot to do with our decision.