A letter in the GEP from 22nd November – It doesnt have to be forgotten… here you will be reminded how the “Peoples Deputies” voted
http://www.notoclosure.org.gg/?p=311
Here’s how the vote went (could be useful for the 2016 Election)…
Le Clerc, Sherbourne, Conder, Bebb, Lester Queripel, St. Pier, Stweart, Gillson, Ogier, Fallaize, Dave Jones, Laurie Queripel, Lowe, Le Leivre, Collins, Duquemin, Green, Le Tocq, Adam, Perrot, Inglis, Sillars, Luxon, Harwood, Kuttelwascher, Brehaut, Domaille, Langlois, Robert Jones, Jean, Arditti
Gollop, Le Pelley, Trott, Spruce, Dorey, Paint, Brouard, Wilkie, de Lisle, Burford, Soulsby, O’Hara, Quin, Hadley
Take a look at part of the presentation given to the deputies today – pretty compelling stuff. Read More
Guernsey’s States is being asked to make huge savings in budgets across all departments, the FTP. If it is getting less likely that departments will meet these FTP targets can it really be wise to implement plans for major spending?
It’s rumoured that Education is about to consult for the second time on what computer equipment they would prefer and has added another £2 million to the budget to pay for it!
The same cash-strapped department desperate to save money has earmarked nearly £2 million a year to pay for 15 hours of free pre-school education.
The No To Closure campaign has heard a rumour that the Education Department are planning on spending £2m on ICT – We would like to point out that this is only a rumour, however we will be making further investigations to see if this is actually correct!
I am very concerned about the Education Department’s proposal to close St. Andrew’s School and felt compelled to write to raise a significant point which I’m not sure is coming across to the general public: the fact that these proposed changes will affect many more of the islands’ children than just those at St. Andrew’s.
In the wake of the furore over Education’s aim to shut St Andrew’s School, a whistleblower has contacted Midweek Murphy to tell the truth about the way in which the decision was made.
On one especially lovely summer’s day when the hedgerows were alive with the buzz of the honeybee, and planes carved a cat’s cradle of vapour trails across a sapphire sky, a judge from Britain in Bloom poked around the parish of St Andrew’s, Guernsey.
I don’t know how much is too much to spend on a primary school. You see various figures knocking about for the running costs of St Andrew’s, and it is hard to conclude which one is correct. But let us say that the high-ish figure of £600,000 is right. On instinct, it still sounds like a bargain.
