viking74 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Hmm mewindirs if fok wid b sae chirpy if sae dr.doom an his insane clown posse wir trin tae close dir local skool! na i didna tink sae.... windir whit da mighty toon wid sae if soond an bells brae wis lug-marked tae close?...... At laest keep scallawa open until da soopir-doopir new ahs is beelt....in da nixt 10-20 years time! b den da mighty USA il hae wurld domination an wir peetril il b peynnys a letre, so buses il b chaep til run.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Uyeasound school to closehttp://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/05/10/councillors-vote-to-close-uyeasound-primary-school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 windir whit da mighty toon wid sae if soond an bells brae wis lug-marked tae close?...... Just wait til they reveal their plans for Bressa'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 they have just cut the p7 liaison day for the kids going to Aith next term. due to budget cuts. if it 30 quid for the outer skerries per kid thats being taken from each schools budget. how much per kid for the other 3 schools being kept open. If scalloway gets to stay open how much will that remove per child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking74 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 @paulb sorry i misraed de post yundir..doh!.....good questyun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 they have just cut the p7 liaison day for the kids going to Aith next term. due to budget cuts. if it 30 quid for the outer skerries per kid thats being taken from each schools budget. how much per kid for the other 3 schools being kept open. If scalloway gets to stay open how much will that remove per child. 31 pounds according to Jonathan Wills, (not including Scalloway) The precise figure, as a result of Tuesday’s vote, is £31 per pupil less for head teachers to spend on books, equipment and furniture. Not just next year, but every year thereafter. That’s on top of the £21 per pupil they’ve already cut from the teaching materials budget, Shetland-wide, by keeping the Skerries secondary department open.http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/05/10/warm-glow-of-admiration-jonathan-wills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 the other 3 schools being kept open open how much will that remove per child. £30.70, the council’s school service said. http://www.shetnews.co.uk/component/content/article/36-latest-new/556-almost-like-a-eurovision-song-contest.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 so £50 or so for all the schools at the moment. and if the scalloway school stays open its going to add on another 100 or so. sorry but the schools can't afford to find that from there current budgets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 You do know they are going to try to cut the overall budget by about £3million regardless of Scalloway closing, right? That was the Option 1 proposal and that was voted through as well as Option 2, to close Scalloway. The Scalloway cost, dubious as it it, pales somewhat in comparison that overall figure. If you think the schools can't afford the Scalloway apportionment, you are in for a shock at what will happen anyway, even if it closes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyScy Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Thats why all the Scalloway catchment area primaries should be worried......'Scalloway Super Primary School'. That will be the plan for the building..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 "all the Scalloway catchment area primaries should be worried......'Scalloway Super Primary School'. That will be the plan for the building....." That was being whispered of back in 1996 when I came home looking for a teaching job- moving the secondary to Lerwick & using the building for pupils from Whiteness, Gott & Burra... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 Did anybody see the picture in the Times some weeks back of the Hayfield House staff. What do all yun folk do, and how much is the wage bill? Okay, lately they've no doubt had plenty to get in the way of doodling, filing their nails and making paper clip chains, creating propaganda to make a case to shut the schools they have decided they want to shut, but once that dust's finally settled, what then? Can we presume, that if they could find the wo(man) hours on top of the normal work to compile all the reasons why Scalloway, Skerries, Uyeasound, Burravoe, North Roe and Sandness should go, and dress them up as persuasive and plausible, that once those that are to go, are gone. That with fewer schools to "manage", and no closure "sales brochures" to be designed, the place will be overstaffed and a few of their number will have to return to the chalkface and real teaching or be made redundant. Yeah Right!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking74 Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 I cin remebir bak as aerly is 1990! hearin da rumblins o'closin da scallawa secundry dept!, da mighty toon his aey wantid dis ta happen an dir no gaen ta let hit ging noo...i joost hoop hit comes bak ta bite dem in da a**! bit b den da eejiits lik da verbal terrorist wills an robinsun an co. will a hae o retired dir pokets spillin owir wi gold an dir wil b nae combak on dem... nixt plan is close tingwall an burra wait yu an see dis is been on da caerds fur mony a year noo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlander Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 so £50 or so for all the schools at the moment. and if the scalloway school stays open its going to add on another 100 or so. sorry but the schools can't afford to find that from there current budgets. Indeed paulb - maybe in the next week, the majority of councillors will finally realise that all pupils in Shetland will suffer as a result. Then they may have the guts to follow through the recommendations of their officials whilst addressing the somewhat bizarre logic that retaining Sandness and North Roe is justified but retaining Uyeasound and Burravoe isn't. You do know they are going to try to cut the overall budget by about £3million regardless of Scalloway closing, right? That was the Option 1 proposal and that was voted through as well as Option 2, to close Scalloway. The Scalloway cost, dubious as it it, pales somewhat in comparison that overall figure. If you think the schools can't afford the Scalloway apportionment, you are in for a shock at what will happen anyway, even if it closes. Isn't that a reason in itself to spare individual schools from having to find even more savings? The AHS is having to slash its annual expenditure by £15,000 solely as a result of the Skerries decision, will have to save £23,000 more if the Sandness/North Roe decision goes through and will have to cut yet more if the decisions on Scalloway, Uyeasound and Burravoe are reneged on. That may be the most extreme case in terms of the impact on an individual school, but I'd very much doubt that any headteacher will welcome having to find any further savings at a time when they are already facing other cuts and reductions in staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 Did anybody see the picture in the Times some weeks back of the Hayfield House staff. What do all yun folk do, and how much is the wage bill? Okay, lately they've no doubt had plenty to get in the way of doodling, filing their nails and making paper clip chains, creating propaganda to make a case to shut the schools they have decided they want to shut, but once that dust's finally settled, what then? Can we presume, that if they could find the wo(man) hours on top of the normal work to compile all the reasons why Scalloway, Skerries, Uyeasound, Burravoe, North Roe and Sandness should go, and dress them up as persuasive and plausible, that once those that are to go, are gone. That with fewer schools to "manage", and no closure "sales brochures" to be designed, the place will be overstaffed and a few of their number will have to return to the chalkface and real teaching or be made redundant. Yeah Right!! This is a good point Ghostrider. Look at the picture at the beginning of this article: http://www.shetnews.co.uk/component/content/article/36-latest-new/556-almost-like-a-eurovision-song-contest.html Behind the councillors there is a row of a dozen not badly paid officials. Not just from Hayfield, but also finance and legal services, probably others, I have no idea who they all are. Was there any need for them all to attend the entire 3.5 hour long meeting? Anybody want to guess the hourly rate for that bench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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