NAME: No Academy in Midhurst or Easebourne
NAME: No Academy in Midhurst or Easebourne
PRESS RELEASE
For release – 08:00 Tuesday June 24, 2008
Thirty days that ended three hundred years?
It might have escaped the public’s attention, but last Thursday marked the beginning of another phase of ‘consultation’ on the Academy proposal for the Rother Valley. Statutory notices were posted in the Midhurst & Petworth Observer informing us of the proposal to close the historical Grammar School and the two middle schools. Easebourne resident Pat Smith said:
“The Grammar School has been at the heart of the town for generations, and local residents won’t take this lying down. We have only until the end of July to object: could this really be the thirty days that ended three hundred years of history?”
Despite sustained attacks against it, the NAME campaign remains active and still commands a great deal of local support. Many parents continue to sign petitions and write letters objecting to the proposed academy. Pat Smith added:
“I hardly know anybody who actually supports the sell-off of the three schools, but most people now seem to think it’s a done deal. This just isn’t true – the public land and assets haven’t been given away…yet! This silent majority need to know, there are still people out there fighting on their behalf, ordinary parents and grandparents who don’t want to see our public services, hospitals and schools shut down on the whim of central government. We say, now is your last chance to object.”
The planned opening of the new academy may have been put back until January because of the impossibility of meeting the initial deadlines, but the timescale for this last phase of consultation has barely altered. Many of the nuts and bolts decisions about the so called Rother Valley Academy would not be made until after the deal is signed. All objections, including those in relation to the site of the proposed academy must be sent to janet.foster-jones@westsussex.gov.uk in the next five weeks. Pat Smith again: “To all those who speak to us, telling us that they don’t like what’s happening, or how it’s being done, let's get writing, and hope we have more success with this one than we did with St. Richard’s.”
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All enquiries to Simon Boxley 01730 821464
PRESS RELEASE
For release – 08:00 Tuesday June 24, 2008
Thirty days that ended three hundred years?
It might have escaped the public’s attention, but last Thursday marked the beginning of another phase of ‘consultation’ on the Academy proposal for the Rother Valley. Statutory notices were posted in the Midhurst & Petworth Observer informing us of the proposal to close the historical Grammar School and the two middle schools. Easebourne resident Pat Smith said:
“The Grammar School has been at the heart of the town for generations, and local residents won’t take this lying down. We have only until the end of July to object: could this really be the thirty days that ended three hundred years of history?”
Despite sustained attacks against it, the NAME campaign remains active and still commands a great deal of local support. Many parents continue to sign petitions and write letters objecting to the proposed academy. Pat Smith added:
“I hardly know anybody who actually supports the sell-off of the three schools, but most people now seem to think it’s a done deal. This just isn’t true – the public land and assets haven’t been given away…yet! This silent majority need to know, there are still people out there fighting on their behalf, ordinary parents and grandparents who don’t want to see our public services, hospitals and schools shut down on the whim of central government. We say, now is your last chance to object.”
The planned opening of the new academy may have been put back until January because of the impossibility of meeting the initial deadlines, but the timescale for this last phase of consultation has barely altered. Many of the nuts and bolts decisions about the so called Rother Valley Academy would not be made until after the deal is signed. All objections, including those in relation to the site of the proposed academy must be sent to janet.foster-jones@westsussex.gov.uk in the next five weeks. Pat Smith again: “To all those who speak to us, telling us that they don’t like what’s happening, or how it’s being done, let's get writing, and hope we have more success with this one than we did with St. Richard’s.”
Click here for more
All enquiries to Simon Boxley 01730 821464
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