Proposed closure of Bearsden Primary based on flawed fiscal short-termism
I WAS dismayed to read of the proposed closure of Bearsden Primary School in East Dunbartonshire Council's primary school estates review ("Parents fight for school at heart of their community", The Herald, December 8).
I WAS dismayed to read of the proposed closure of Bearsden Primary School in East Dunbartonshire Council's primary school estates review (\"Parents fight for school at heart of their community\", The Herald, December 8).
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Whilst understanding the need to reconfigure schools with current falling school rolls, it seems inexplicable that a thriving school which sits at the heart of a community should be under threat.
There is an assumption by the council that external green space and modern learning environments promote the learning experience. This, unfortunately, is not a given. Plenty of schools in modern buildings cannot match the educational and academic achievement of pupils in Bearsden Primary. It is the ethos of a school that is important, and that is intimately linked to its heritage. It may be assumed that the spirit of the school would continue in a new amalgamated school but once an institution is dismantled it is gone forever.
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Proposed closure of Bearsden Primary based on flawed fiscal short-termism
I WAS dismayed to read of the proposed closure of Bearsden Primary School in East Dunbartonshire Council's primary school estates review ("Parents fight for school at heart of their community", The Herald, December 8).
Whilst understanding the need to reconfigure schools with current falling school rolls, it seems inexplicable that a thriving school which sits at the heart of a community should be under threat.
There is an assumption by the council that external green space and modern learning environments promote the learning experience. This, unfortunately, is not a given. Plenty of schools in modern buildings cannot match the educational and academic achievement of pupils in Bearsden Primary. It is the ethos of a school that is important, and that is intimately linked to its heritage. It may be assumed that the spirit of the school would continue in a new amalgamated school but once an institution is dismantled it is gone forever.
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