Lee & His Evening Mail Late Again!

Published at 13:00, Monday, 25 January 2010

TODAY Furness Academy is set to embark on another round of consultation. This time to ascertain once and for all whether the academy should be situated on one site, rather than two.
Firstly Furness Academy Limited has NEVER consulted on any "location issues"!
The decision has already been taken as only Parkview playing fields have been surveyed!

On the surface it might look like we are back to square one and that the issue should have been resolved before the academy was even in existence. More disruption is the last thing the academy needs, especially after settling into a period of stability since it opened in September.
Mr Lee you and your biased newspaper are not Barrow!

But for academy chiefs to put their heads above the parapet now shows the perceived magnitude of the issue. It is far braver to act and go back to the people than bury their heads in the sand and ignore issues which may later come home to roost. It seems there are planning and building constraints restricting being able to develop the north (former Thorncliffe) site to a standard to match the south (former Parkview) site.
Does Mr Lee live in La La Land? It would seem so. He is such a sycophant its unreal.
There was only EVER going to be one site until John Hutton personally intervened to con the people and smooth the path for Ed and Moira. How dumb does Mr Lee think his readers who stump up £2.70 a week for his paper really are?
As for the planning constraints false flag argument that is utter bullshit or rank incompetence at work in CCC I can't decide which.

Equal opportunities to learn for all pupils, irrespective of which site they attend, should surely be the cornerstone of any educational institution. There will be some big questions to answer. Not least what will become of the Thorncliffe site if this goes ahead?
No again you lie Mr Lee. Those questions have already being answered and this "consultation" is just as big a sham as the first one. But Furness Academy Limited is okay because most parents won't bat an eyelid.

There is also a risk that previous conflicts and wounds, fuelled at the time by a lack of meaningful information from those behind the plans, will again be opened up.
No shit Sherlock!

It's to be hoped that lessons have been learned. And that this time the consultation will engage openly with all those with a stake in raising education standards.

Most importantly it's to be hoped that ultimately it will reach a decision which will best serve our children, not just today, but for generations to come.
That decision died the death when Moira Swann and many other CCC employees totally ignored the views of over 6,000 Barrovians and drove her scheme through to comply with Ed Balls wishes.