Tuesday, September 22, 2009

COUNCIL TO PRIVATISE SANDOWN & RYDE SECONDARY SCHOOLS


I received today the leadership's report on the secondary school competition process for next weeks Full Council. They are recommending that:

Medina Innovation Trust - run the Medina/Fairlee and Carisbrooke Secondary schools as Trust schools;

Cowes Pathfinder Trust - run Cowes Secondary School as a Trust school;

and Academies Enterprise (with Vestas support, 'God' help them) - run Sandown and Ryde Secondary Schools as Academies.

I will oppose the latter. It will be bad news in the long run for parents and young people on the east side of the Island.

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