Shropshire Council backs school closures
Wednesday 20th July 2011, 4:00PM BST.
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Shropshire councillors today agreed to close five primary schools.
A meeting of Shropshire Council’s cabinet agreed to go ahead with the closure of Ifton Heath Primary School in order to create an all-through school at the St Martins’ Rhyn Park Secondary School.
They also agreed to back the closure of Barrow, Hopton Wafers and Maesbury primary schools and support the closure of Shawbury Primary School to create a single school for the village with St Mary’s Primary School.
The cabinet agreed not to close Stiperstones Primary School, near Shrewsbury. This will allow it to explore plans to form a federation with Chirbury Primary School, which would see the two share facilities.
Onny and Lydbury North primary schools will also be allowed to explore federation plans.
Councillors agreed that the age range of Buntingsdle Infants School, near Market Drayton, should be extended to allow the school to take children aged four to 11.
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With 40 million pounds more of cuts next year where will they go next closing schools and the upset of the young yet 6.5 million in managers redundancy pay and 96,000 as on midlands today relocating managers shows you their priority is sadly not the kids.
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The £96000 was for moving managers into the Chief Executive’s bunker. The cost of moving the 100 odd staff into other parts of the Shirehall has yet to be released.
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Onny and Lydbury North primary schools will also be allowed to explore federation plans.
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NO – Onny and Lydbury have been given the go ahead – federation has been well and truelly explored and now they have to put it into action. The schools are well and truelly open for business! Stop playing it down shropshire star…this is a huge achievment!
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The council Cabinet are a total disgrace and should not be allowed to hold office. They have picked this half baked, ill thought out and poorly planned merger to solve Rhyn Park’s shocking finnacial management, at the cost of Ifton Heath. Why did they allow the debt to rise to this level in the first place? It has been forced through regardless of what people think and has been done in the most spiteful manner. How dare anybody challenge the wisdom of a council that allows a school get in such a mess in the first place? They know they are wrong because they have in the most cowardly and cynical manner decided to have the “consultation” period during the summer holiday’s. I cannot wait to vote this shocking bunch out at the next election.
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