New Portobello High School- Where and how?

by **Jbrock** » 09 Feb 2006, 01:27

Preserving what we have to a high standard is more eco-friendly than destroying to rebuild because of neglect.

Tom Nimmo made this statement earlier and I wish I could agree with the sentiment but if his suggestion is that we retain the current PHS and St John's buildings as school,s then he is woefully out of touch with the current state of the buildings. Both schools are doing a wonderful job educating the children despite the buildings and environment.
But has Tom or those opposed to the proposal visited the schools recently?

We can't seriously expect these buildings to meet the aspirations of 99.9% of the population, that children should be educated in a building and on a site that is environmentally sustainable and that schools are developed to become the hub of a community with facilities available for all.
We have the opportunity to demand such a building and environment and to be fully involved in its design. We need to challenge the Council to work with us to meet these expectations for our new schools.

by **wangi** » 09 Feb 2006, 01:29

Using , and I've built up a new map showing the PHS catchment area and the proposed site. I've also added in where I assume the new golf course to be (which is still in COE council area Gemini).

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EDIT: to reduce filesize...

by **Stephen Hawkins** » 09 Feb 2006, 10:09

by **bellybabe** » 09 Feb 2006, 10:47

by **Dadaist** » 09 Feb 2006, 11:59

by **dccairns** » 09 Feb 2006, 12:21

by **Bob Jefferson** » 09 Feb 2006, 12:28

by **ann** » 09 Feb 2006, 14:11

by **foxy** » 09 Feb 2006, 16:50

by **seanie** » 09 Feb 2006, 20:00

by **seanie** » 09 Feb 2006, 22:19

by **mr magnolia** » 09 Feb 2006, 23:09

by **seanie** » 10 Feb 2006, 00:25

by **Bob Jefferson** » 10 Feb 2006, 12:05

From yesterday's EN:

by **Bob Jefferson** » 10 Feb 2006, 14:46

From today's EN:

by **Bob Jefferson** » 13 Feb 2006, 17:43

From today's EN:

by **Gemini** » 13 Feb 2006, 20:56

by **seanie** » 13 Feb 2006, 21:45

by **Gemini** » 13 Feb 2006, 22:45

by **Bob Jefferson** » 14 Feb 2006, 15:09

From today's EN:

by **Lawrence Marshall** » 14 Feb 2006, 16:04

Gemini,
re. my not giving out much information, it was me what told folk about this in the first place! Because I was warned that the Council was in delicate negotiations with Lord Palmer re. a new golf couse site, I had to do so privately rather than publicly - but how else would the Park Avenue residents have been able to raise this as an issue at the Town Hall meeting on 12th October last year? Because I had mentioned it to a few of them some months before! I have in fact been quietly telling folk in the community about this possibility for a new Portobello High School since I first heard of it from our officials back in around November 2004.
I understand that the Council is preparing a Questions and Answers sheet for publication in the next few days which will hopefully be helpful in fleshing out why what's being proposed is being proposed and will allow folk better to come to a considered judgement on the costs and benefits of all this.

Lawrence

by **Gemini** » 14 Feb 2006, 16:33

by **Stephen McIntyre** » 14 Feb 2006, 18:07

by **Stephen McIntyre** » 14 Feb 2006, 18:41

by **seanie** » 14 Feb 2006, 19:16

by **seanie** » 14 Feb 2006, 19:59

by **tom nimmo** » 14 Feb 2006, 22:01

by **Bob Jefferson** » 14 Feb 2006, 22:10

by **seanie** » 14 Feb 2006, 22:38

by **seanie** » 14 Feb 2006, 22:43

by **Gemini** » 14 Feb 2006, 23:39

by **Stephen McIntyre** » 15 Feb 2006, 10:29

by **Stephen McIntyre** » 15 Feb 2006, 10:40

by **Bob Jefferson** » 15 Feb 2006, 11:53

by **Dadaist** » 15 Feb 2006, 13:27

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