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Subject:
Proposal to Close Fort Primary School
To:
cc:
steve.cardownie@edinburgh.gov.uk; cammy.day@edinburgh.gov.uk; allan.jackson@edinburgh.gov.uk; elaine.morris@edinburgh.gov.uk; rob.munn@edinburgh.gov.uk; gordon.munro@edinburgh.gov.uk; marjorie.thomas@edinburgh.gov.uk; lazarowiczm@parliament.uk; Malcolm.Chisholm.msp@scottish.parliament.uk; thomas.kerr@tesco.net
Dear Ms. Tee/Councillors
I am a parent of a child at Trinity Primary School and am writing to oppose the closure of Fort Primary School and the offer of a place at Trinity to all Fort pupils. I am also writing in support of the alternative proposal put forward by the Fighting for Fort campaign to the Council on 8 September that:
Fort Primary School would not close but remain in its current location and reduce its capacity by using only space in its main building and Victoria Park Child and Family Centre (between Trinity and Victoria Park) would relocate to create the new Fort Early Years Centre as a centre for excellence in Fort’s Infant Wing
I support Fort’s alternative proposal because:
I urge you to consider this alternative proposal very seriously, as it offers the Council significant financial benefits, without the severe drawbacks of the original Council proposal.
Regards,
I am a parent of a child at Trinity Primary School and am writing to oppose the closure of Fort Primary School and the offer of a place at Trinity to all Fort pupils. I am also writing in support of the alternative proposal put forward by the Fighting for Fort campaign to the Council on 8 September that:
Fort Primary School would not close but remain in its current location and reduce its capacity by using only space in its main building and Victoria Park Child and Family Centre (between Trinity and Victoria Park) would relocate to create the new Fort Early Years Centre as a centre for excellence in Fort’s Infant Wing
I support Fort’s alternative proposal because:
- The education of the children at Trinity and Fort would not be harmed as will inevitably happen under the Council’s current proposal.
- There would be no overcrowded classes at Trinity (38 in P1, 33 in P2, 37 in P3). In addition the problems of integrating the additional children into a school with no space available for expanding after school care, overcrowded dining rooms and no scope for ‘whole-school’ events are avoided.
- Trinity would not lose facilities, such as the science room and IT suite, or suffer smaller support for learning and library facilities
- Fort school would be saved as an important part of the local community, and would preserve its Positive Action Area status, which has helped its attainment improve significantly over the past 5 years, 10% better than comparable schools.
- The Council would still receive capital receipts from the sale of the Victoria Park Child and Family Centre.
- There would still be revenue savings to the Council from the closure of the Victoria Park Child and Family Centre
- There would be less risk of out-of-catchment siblings being unable to get a place at Trinity.
- There would be no need to disrupt current Fort pupils and Trinity classes, including composites.
- There would be additional capacity within the local primary schools to cope with the predicted future increase in pupil population, rather than a temporary “mothballing” proposal, which offered no medium term solution to children’s education in the area.
I urge you to consider this alternative proposal very seriously, as it offers the Council significant financial benefits, without the severe drawbacks of the original Council proposal.
Regards,