Archive for September, 2007

Closed School Site consultation

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

The Governments agenda for the use of the closed school sites in the ACT was clearly transparent at the Tuggeranong meeting this week. While we sat feeling empowered by whiteboard markers and the chance to have a public voice, government cogs have already turned on the Mt Neighbour Primary and Macarthur Preschool sites with […]

Need for bottom-up transparency in school disposal plan

Monday, September 17th, 2007

From Canberra times
David Wright
The ACT Government’s approach to the problem of spare capacity in some of our schools resulted in the closure of more than 20 schools and many disenfranchised communities. It didn’t have to be that way.
The approach used last year tried to address a relatively minor fiscal problem at the systemic or strategic […]