MuckleJoannie Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Papa Stour was never closed, it was mothballed until it had some pupils. sludgegulper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Come on noo MuckleJoanie, dat's splitting hairs!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cilla Cone Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I also listened to Radio Shetland yesterday evening. The school will be open two days a week and complemented with home tuition. Seems a fair compromise to me. CrunchieSquirrel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 would not call 1 1/2 days education as enough. thought they had a commitment to retain schools on the isles. if we kept kids off for 3 1/2 days the council would prosecute us. good on the folks from shropshire moving rhere. but i wonder do they know how isolated it will be. if they fudge there duty there then whats stopping them doing it else were. personally i would not want to be there with young children without near emergency help. no other kids to mix with either. would it not be cheaper to depopulate papa and pay compo to the moved folks. 13 is not sustainable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I also listened to Radio Shetland yesterday evening. The school will be open two days a week and complemented with home tuition. Seems a fair compromise to me. Is it? Given the climate and attitude within the SIC towards education elsewhere in Shetland, perhaps closing and selling the Papa Stour school building, and adopting a policy of running the ferry two days per week to coincide with the regular school bus out/in of West Burrafirth would be an equally fair/cost effective/cheaper? compromise. CrunchieSquirrel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 cant do that max travel to school time would stop it. would you want your 4 year old being away from you with the risk of the ferry not sailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 ^ Such considerations don't seem to bother the SIC all that much when it suits them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffererof1crankymofo Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 cant do that max travel to school time would stop it. would you want your 4 year old being away from you with the risk of the ferry not sailing Trust me, He wouldn't want a four year old. Ghostrider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Skerriesinthewilderness Posted September 1, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 For all those CURE members, and campaigners trying to save their schools Skerries School was assessed when no Head teacher was in place. The report was done without any inspection, lesson observations or even coming to the school. The report, collated by Vaila Wiseheart contained many factual inaccuracies as it was outdated and would not stand up to scrutiny in any court. Skerries Secondary School is now closed but there is NO FINANCIAL SAVING. Despite all the claims by Hayfield House, the reports and conversations and meetings should never have raised the subject of finance if this was really about Education improvement.History has shown that Skerries Secondary has an excellent record of achievement. Every criticism raised in the reports had been addressed at very little cost by the newly appointed Headteacher. ( But totally ignored by SIC) Even the Chief Exec failed to turn up Mr Mark Boden. I could go on, Skerries School was closed on a one hour meeting, with outdated reports, and little desire for the truth. The person who collated the report was allowed a vote on it.... One Counsellor turned up Mr Gary Cleaver , none of the others did....no MSP came either... I have lost faith in the SIC, and do not believe that local democracy was respected, a social injustice has been committed against those families, and the Skerries Community. Frances144, Islander2013 and crofter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchieSquirrel Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 So as Skerries is shut, are the other schools still under investigation or have they made final decisions? Sorry, I'm not up to date with the blueprint for education, too much is going on now ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holm O Sanik Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I think this is one of the problems, no one can keep up to date with what is going on. There was a consultation meeting in Whalsay last night and one in Yell tonight. The overall feeling of last nights meeting was that none of the officials were listening. One proposal is to close Whalsay secondary with children leaving at the end of p7 to live in hostel accommodation in Lerwick. Numbers are around 50-70. They would also required transport for children on a Sunday evening going to Lerwick then returning home on Friday evening. The other option is to close S4 in Whalsay. Everyone, again, would require accommodation and transport. There is no option to return to Whalsay for education if you can't manage in Lerwick (as it was in previous years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skerriesinthewilderness Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Sorry to hear that Whalsay are now going through the process. Skerries children had a 99% attendance record in Skerries, this is now way below due to lack of escorts, bullying, and feeling homesick, and we are now going into the bad weather period. What education gain? What financial savings? Officials are not interested in the truth. If you can not save Skerries secondary school you can not save any of them. Give Skerries its Secondary back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Well I am not a child and I do not have a child due to go through the educational system for the Isles schools but I am certain that the consultations are false as the people in Hayfield House have made up their minds what they want and only the elected councillors or the Scottish Government can stop them. whalsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalsa Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 What is going on here cannot be called Democracy. Going completely against the will of the community and the electorate under the pretence of a better education but in reality to attempt to make questionable savings. Disgusted to the core. It seems the Council will not be happy until all the Islands and most rural areas are completely depopulated. I personally wrote an email to Tavish Scott about the issue but have yet to receive a reply. There should be some accountability here, elected officials should not simply be able to have a mock consultation, ignore its findings and do what they wanted from the beginning anyway to the detriment of the very people they are supposed to represent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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