| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:In the news today ... | |
| Posted by: | Thomas Barry | |
| Date/Time: | 08/07/10 11:32:00 |
| "they will be difficult to defend" That's putting it mildly. Why should thousands of kids whose existing schools have been banking on upgrades suffer but Toby's amateur hour plans get favoured treatment - Hammersmith and Fulham have had plans for several years involving moving schools and redevloping sites as a coherent whole - I've been reading up on them this morning. They're now stopped at a moment's notice, in favour of, apparently, un-coordinated attempts by people with absolutely no experience in the field or understanding of what's required across the board, because this is better in some unspecified manner. How on earth is that a good idea? Why are local authorites such as Hammersmith, which is held up as a beacon of Tory cutting and what-have-you not allowed to do the job people expect them to do? Finally, isn't it a fact that there's a direct correlation between the plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face lobbying for 'Free Schools' and the ideological decision to condemn thousands of west London children whose parents don't happen to enjoy the luxury of newspaper columns and friends in high places to decaying school facilities? Why this hatred for professional planners and educators? Yes, I'm middle class. Yes, I think it stinks and reflects appallingly on the character of the scheme's defenders. Yes, I intend to make a lot of noise about it. |