East Lothian Council met this morning to consider a number of reports – one of which was ours on Dunbar Primary education provision. The vote went 20-3 to reject our recommendation for two separate schools. The decision reflects the democracy in … Continue reading
I’ve copied below a link to the Minute of the public meeting held on the 30th January in Dunbar Primary School. This minute links to the post-it exercise undertaken on the same evening. The entire response will be posted on East … Continue reading
We held our second public meeting in Dunbar Primary School on Tuesday to discuss the proposed primary school provision in Dunbar. We tried a “post-it” exercise for the first time to try to capture the opinions of every person who attended … Continue reading
I recently spoke to parents and members of the Dunbar community about the option appraisal taking place to review primary school provision in Dunbar. The driver for this review is the exceptional population growth taking place in the town. For … Continue reading
No posts for over a week but life has been something of a blur. I’m probably earning my corn at the moment with some major challenges facing us in relation to efficiency savings having to be made in the education budget. … Continue reading
Guilt at missing work was compounded this week by having to pull out of an important public meeting scheduled for this Thursday evening in Dunbar to discuss the plans for the new primary school provision. I’d been e-mailed last … Continue reading
I’m very lucky to have such a varied and challenging job. Today proved no exception with a meeting from 8.30-10.00 about Dunbar primary School Provision with parents, councillors and other officers; then out to Prestonpans Infant School to watch some … Continue reading
I attended my third community evening in Dunbar this week regarding Dunbar Primary School provision. Due to a rapidly expanding population in Dunbar it has become necessary to enhance the primary school provision in Dunbar earlier than had been previously predicted. There … Continue reading
Met Sheila Ainslie at 8.15 to discuss staffing issues relaing to pupil support. Valerie Irving at 9.00am to finalise our proposals for 5-14 assessment. We are going to go for an on-line moderation system called ALTA. More of this at … Continue reading