If you thought it had all gone a bit quiet on the schools reorganisation front, it’s hotting up again just as we’re all busy preparing for the summer holidays.
So make a note of the relevant dates in your diaries now!
The competition the council has been running to invite bids to establish new island schools (five secondaries for ages 11-19, and two amalgamated primaries) enters its next phase in July, when the various bidders get to present their proposals to the public.
We will remind you nearer the time, but for the moment make a note of these dates in your diaries.
Meetings are from 5.30pm (for a 6pm start) to 8.30pm:
Monday 13 July: Cowes High (for proposals for Cowes Secondary School)
Tuesday 14 July: Carisbrooke High (for proposals for Carisbrooke Secondary School)
Wednesday 15 July: Medina High Leisure Centre (for proposals for Fairlee Secondary School)
Thursday 16 July: Sandown High (for proposals for Sandown Secondary School)
Friday 17 July: Ryde High (for proposals for Ryde Secondary School)
Monday 20 July: Medina Theatre (for proposals for Rural Amalgamation Primary School, ie Chillerton & Rookley, Godshill and Wroxall)
Tuesday 21 July: Medina Theatre (for proposals for East Cowes/Whippingham Amalgamation Primary School)
Even if your children are currently at primary or middle school, do go along to the relevant high school meeting, so you can see what kind of vision each proposer has for the school and give the council feedback on what you would prefer.
Following the presentations there’s a period for written representations before the council decides who to award the contracts to, with the handover planned for September 2010.
