http://savetharwaschool.com A site to protect the best little school in Canberra from closure Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:01:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://savetharwaschool.com/2007/09/30/closed-school-site-consultation/ 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 ... http://savetharwaschool.com/2007/09/17/need-for-bottom-up-transparency-in-school-disposal-plan/ From ABC News The Territory and Municipal Services Minister John Hargreaves says the ACT Government has no pre-conceived ideas on the future uses of Canberra’s vacant school sites. Mr Hargreaves announced Purdon Associates will be the group responsible for consulting with the public on the use of the sites, and will report ... http://savetharwaschool.com/2007/08/21/consultant-to-decide-school-sites-future/ Save Our Schools has accused the ACT Government of financial duplicity over its school closure program. SOS spokesperson, Trevor Cobbold, said that the Budget estimates clearly show that the ACT Government duped the community on school closures. “The Budget Papers show that the school closure program was based on a financial ... http://savetharwaschool.com/2007/06/07/financial-%e2%80%98con%e2%80%99-trick-on-school-closures/ From ABC News The ACT Government’s decision to withhold documents relating to its closure of several public schools in Canberra is being challenged in an ACT Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The Opposition Education Spokeswoman Vicki Dunne and a parent of the now closed Mount Neighbour Primary School have filed freedom of information requests. They ... http://savetharwaschool.com/2007/06/04/legal-bid-for-school-closures-documents/ From ABC News The parents at Tharwa School which closed last year say the A-C-T Department of Education has botched the move. The school transition reports written for each Tharwa student to provide a seamless switch to the new school have been lost. The former Tharwa School Board Chairman Karim Haddad says some ... http://savetharwaschool.com/2007/04/24/tharwa-parents-say-school-transition-has-been-botched/ Tharwa Preschool has just opened its new website - www.tharwapreschool.com . Get involved and keep the community alive. From little things big things grow (thanks Paul Kelly!) http://savetharwaschool.com/2007/03/21/tharwa-preschool-lives-on/ Education Amendment Bill 2006-amendments DR FOSKEY: My question is to the minister for education and concerns the late amendments to the Education Amendment Bill 2006, passed on Tuesday, 12 December, which his office described as technical. Were the minister and his office aware that those amendments specifically impeded any plans of ... http://savetharwaschool.com/2007/03/10/fun-in-the-assembly/ From the Canberra Times : Tharwa struck again Michael Ruffles THARWA residents are furious at yet another “kick in the guts” from the ACT Government with the closure of the primary school this week adding to the town’s woes. Lifelong resident Mandy Curtis said the 2003 fires, ongoing bridge closure, and now the school’s ... http://savetharwaschool.com/2006/12/17/tharwa-struck-again/ From the Canberra Times: New registration laws slammed Fears Tharwa plans will be thwarted Elizabeth Bellamy Tharwa Primary parents have accused the ACT Government of blocking their plans to open a private school on the site by rushing through new school registration laws. The Government passed amendments to the ACT’s Education Act on Tuesday ... http://savetharwaschool.com/2006/12/16/new-registration-laws-slammed-fears-tharwa-plans-will-be-thwarted/