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Showing posts with label Education Committee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education Committee. Show all posts
21/10/2015

Commenting on the Report on Staffing Levels in Dundee Schools - Education Committee Monday 26 October 2015

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The report from the Director of Children and Families' Service paints a varied picture. It is positive that at a time of shortage of te...
01/10/2015

Council Make Grammatical Error in the Title of New Combined Education and Socal Work Service

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At the Education Committee on Monday 28 September,  I asked Michael Wood, the Executive Director of Children and Families' Service,...
27/11/2014

Commenting on Proposed Closure of Menzieshill High School at Education Committee 24 November 2014

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Commenting at the Education Committee on Monday 24 November 2014 about the proposed closure of Menzieshill High School as part of the Scho...
21/04/2014

Need for Additional Report Before Approving Nearly £0.5m on Nursery Places for Under 3s

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Click on image to enlarge On Monday night at the City Development Committee, on the basis of a flimsy report, Councillors are being as...
25/03/2014

Education Committee Endorses Council Developing a Proposal to Bring Sistema to Dundee

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Pictures from Sistema Scotland Project in Raploch in Stirling Last night the Education Committee unanimously agreed to instruct senior C...
29/01/2014

Pupil Absences in Dundee Schools - Education Committee Monday 27 January 2014

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I placed Pupil Absences in Dundee Schools on the Agenda of the Education Committee held on Monday 27 January because I think the thousands...
08/01/2014

Free School Meals for Primary 1-3 Pupils in Dundee

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On Tuesday 7 January, the Scottish Government announced that, with effect from January 2015, it will introduce free school meals for all p...
17/12/2013

Commenting on Dundee Schools Having the Highest Absence Rate in Scotland

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Official statistics published last week by the Scottish Government include figures for the attendance and absence of school pupils.  ...
21/08/2013

Grove Senior Pupil Becomes Member of the Education Committee for 2013-14

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At the Education Committee on Monday night, Lorna Allan, a senior pupil at Grove Academy joined the Committee for the first time. Lorna wa...
20/06/2013

Commenting on ASPIRE Music, Art and Drama Project in Nine Primary Schools and Reduction in Music Fees

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On the Education Committee's agenda next Monday (24 June 2013) are reports about the Aspire Project and Music Fees.  The Aspire report...
28/02/2013

Reserved Places for Barnhill and Forthill Primary Schools and Grove Academy

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At the Education Committee on Monday 25 February, the Committee considered a report on 'Retaining Reserved Places In Schools 2013/2014...
23/08/2012

Additional Members of Education Committee Denied a Vote

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At the meeting of the City Council on Monday night 20 August 2012, SNP Councillors blocked attempts to give voting rights to the proposed...
20/08/2012

Commenting on Proposals for Additional Pupil and Parent Members of the Education Committee

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At the Full Council Meeting on Monday 20 August 2012, there is a proposal to extend the membership of the Education Committee by adding t...
22/05/2012

Adding a Pupil and Parental Voice on the Education Committee

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I have written to Leader of the Administration, Ken Guild, whose position was confirmed at the Council meeting on Monday night 21st Mar...
24/04/2012

Council Meetings Monday Evening 23 April 2012

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Last night at a series of Council Meetings I made the following contributions: Education Committee  Item 1 - Additional Funding to Supp...
26/03/2012

Curriculum for Excellence in Dundee Must Provide Best Options for Our Secondary School Pupils

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At the Education Committee tonight, I will be arguing that there is an alternative to the Director’s one size fits all flow charts and ti...
20/03/2012

Community Use of Sports Hall at Eastern Primary School for Evenings and Weekends

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On the Agenda of the Education Committee next Monday (26 March 2012) is a proposal to open up community use of the Sports Hall at Eastern ...
14/03/2012

My Response to Baillie Rod Wallace's Misleading Statement about Resolving Parking Issues at Forthill Primary School

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In the Evening Telegraph on Friday 9 March, Baillie Rod Wallace gave the misleading impression that I, amongst others, had blocked an inve...
30/01/2012

Education Committee Decisions Last Monday

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At the Education Committee last week (Monday 23rd January 2012) we took three key decisions. The first was to approve the school holiday...
27/01/2012

Cautious Welcome for Barnhill Primary School Extension

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Dundee City Council's Draft Capital Plan was circulated on Tuesday 24th January and will be part of the Budget meeting on 9 February. ...