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[Njugle]

There is no particularly good reason that justifies a large Junior High School in Scalloway. Lerwick is only 7 miles away. That to me, is a huge waste of money.

 

It would be interesting to see your breakdown of that saving, as it seems unclear from other sources, unless you are suggesting that the primary department of Scalloway JHS be closed also, in which case the savi9ng would bemore easily quantifiable.

 

@NewMagnie - your last sentence is perhaps closer to the real, if somewhat radical, solution to all these budgeting problems, if only someone could be commissioned to identify such a scheme, some kind of blueprint, for education, say..... .

 

In any case the proposal before councillors doesn't stop at closing Scalloway and Skerries, it includes huge savings from all the other schools, following this "hub" model, apparently. Even if Scalloway secondary dept closes, and this "huge waste of money" can be identified and saved, there will still be major cuts elsewhere. The next logical steps after that are to use the same closure model on the other JH schools, and close more primaries than planned at present.

[Fatal Paper Cut]

It would be interesting to see your breakdown of that saving, as it seems unclear from other sources, unless you are suggesting that the primary department of Scalloway JHS be closed also, in which case the savi9ng would bemore easily quantifiable.

 

That'd probably make sense in the long run. Similarly with Sandness, as Walls is only about 6 miles away. Sound/Bells Brae could well be another case for closure/merging, as it seems rather foolish to have two large primary schools within spitting distance of each other.

[Njugle]

Sound/Bells Brae could well be another case for closure/merging, as it seems rather foolish to have two large primary schools within spitting distance of each other.

 

That's some lang spits for peerie bairns du's proposing. One day we'd all live in Lerwick, by the continuation of this logic.

 

There are four "Lerwick area" Primaries mentioned for closure/merging in the Proposal documents. It is not specified which they are but it's assumed that Bell's Brae, Sound, Bressay and one other, perhaps Tingwall, are what is meant. Though it might be Scalloway, who knows?

 

Well, the Education dept knows, but they're telling nobody.

[Fatal Paper Cut]

Sound/Bells Brae could well be another case for closure/merging, as it seems rather foolish to have two large primary schools within spitting distance of each other.

 

One day we'd all live in Lerwick, by the continuation of this logic.

 

Hardly. And I'm no sure you'd get that many takers. But for those schools within a few miles of Lerwick, is there really a case for having another school just down the road?

[Njugle]

Walking to school costs nobody anything.

 

Tiny schools may be hard to justify, but wherever you have a reasonable class size, then a school is viable. Staffing is the major cost, and unless you increase class sizes, you still need a core number of teachers and assistants, whether they be in Lerwick or Boddam.