learning to listen

East Sussex County Council are pushing forward with plans to merge two schools in Peacehaven despite 95% of the people who took part in a public consultation disagreeing with the plan.

I don't know the schools or the issues involved so difficult for me to comment on whether, in my opinion, the plans are good or not. However if 95% of the public don't want it to happen then the public servants should not be careering forward with the plans.

Nick Bennett, cabinet member for learning and school effectiveness, said:

"It is very clear that many do not like our proposals to close these two schools and create a new primary in their place. However, while people raised very legitimate concerns and I can understand those concerns, I still believe these important plans are the right way forward for these schools and the pupils who attend them. Improving overall standards and attainment for the children attending these schools has to be our priority and I believe amalgamating the schools will help achieve that."

Quite frankly Nick I don't give a shit what you think. It's what the people you are supposed to be serving think, and they have almost unanimously rejected the proposal. To pursue a plan so soundly rejected makes you look like an arrogant self-serving tosser. Are you?