SCHOOLS: Officers please take note!
I HAVE just attended the consultation event at Birkenshaw First School.
I was very surprised to see the council officers who were consulting were not taking any notes of what the public were saying. How could these officers relay the results of the discussions back to cabinet when no notes were taken?
As a parent of children in one of the schools affected by these options, I have received a consultation document from the school. At a council meeting held in October, when the Conservatives had put forward their proposals for the North Kirklees schools, Coun Kath Pinnock called for a halt to proceedings due to the fact their major concern was the "narrow range of people who are being consulted".
My questions therefore are: Why is it that East Bierley Pre-school received four consultation documents to hand out between 48 children?
Why hasn't every household in East Bierley and Birkenshaw received a consultation pack through their door?
If they disagreed so strongly about the previous Conservatives' procedures for consultation why does the cabinet now seem so reluctant to make its own public?
Fortunately, thanks to members of the public every household in East Bierley has had a consultation pack through their door.
As residents we all have a right to know how the council is planning to destroy our heritage and our community.
LINDSAY BROOK-ADAMS
The Crescent
BIRKENSHAW
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