Save the Lafford: 4 May 2008

Tuesday, 6 May 2008

Poor decision by Lincolnshire County Council Executive Committee

What can I say? Having witnessed a very interesting procedure, based no doubt on 'closed shop secrets and lies' I am ashamed to be a citizen of this country. Really I am. I do NOT often feel this way. Men in suits without a smile between them, made decisions based on sometimes spurious anecdotal evidence to CLOSE THE LAFFORD HIGH SCHOOL. As far as I am aware (based on the level of intelligent debate, or lack of it) there was not one single member of the committee who has ever taught children. Please correct me if I am wrong. It became evident that they had not when one member of the troupe declared that it was far easier to deliver a Personalised Curriculum in LARGE SCHOOLS! (I nearly fell off my chair). I defy him to do it. After having successfully run a Personalised Curriculum within my subject area (Secondary Mathematics) at a Special School for Boys with EBD, in the 1990s, I do know just a little bit about what I am talking about. He clearly knows very little. The Director of Education brushed aside the DVD the children made, by rubbishing the quote that repeatedly looped throughout the presentation (muttering something about the quote referring to primary schools!). I realised how LITTLE he actually cares for the most vulnerable children he is responsible for. Has he ever taught a single child? I wonder....

Oh well, if this is the best we can muster up from the men in suits, I may as well give up. Perhaps that is just what they want. Roll on election time. Let's see how much this matters to people :-)