Guess which company said of one of the prime bidders to run our five reorganised local Secondary Schools (Cowes, Carisbrooke, Medina, Ryde & Sandown) as academies from 2010,
"(We are) committed to helping raise educational standards on the Island and to supporting sustainable schools. We would in particular like to encourage the education curriculum to further students' understanding of the planet from the sustainability perspective and to explore the options we have to live sustainably."
Not hard. The delightful Vestas of course, who's understanding of sustainability is driven entirely by the greed for excessive profit above all else.
With just two days left of the consultation period I hope as many Islanders as possible object to this bid based on the dodgy support they have sought. With friends like them do we really want them running our schools ?
See http://eduwight.iow.gov.uk/schools/reorganisation/2competit.asp
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No, in short. Leaving Vestas aside, though, remember the days when local councils controlled the schools budget, while boards of governors ran them? What was wrong with that system? Why have we got a Labour government allowing councils to put out schools to the highest bidder, bringing in businesses with their own agendas? I get the uncomfortable impression that we're gradually returning education to the private sector, and will be unsurprised to see future generations of schoolchildren with badges on their blazers reading "Sponsored by Moneybags, plc"; is there anything that we're not prepared to flog off? The curse of Blair strikes again....
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