New Portobello High School- Where and how?

by **alecmac** » 19 Oct 2006, 14:12

[/quote] Are you saying that you have read the feasibility study, and what it has to say about Bingham Park and you still fail to understand? [/quote]

When the Feasibility Study examined Bingham Park it noted some disadvantages which it has to be said apply equally to Portobello Park/Golf Course, indeed, more so. The nub of the matter is the statement that "The planners view was not favourable as this is open green space."

Bingham Park was thus kicked into touch by the Council which had instituted a supposedly independent enquiry into the relative merits of a number of sites. It was effectively removed from further consideration by the Diktat of the planners.

For the record, the disadvantages noted for Bingham Park were

1]location within small scale surburban streets
2] didnt score well in terms of location and access
3]millenium planting
4]additional traffic detrimental to the surrounding neighbourhood {thats a sine qua non! and since when did that ever stop them?}
5]no direct public access [ignoring Duddingston Row which is a wide street with a bus service]

You might be forgiven for thinking they were talking about Portobello park!

If you remove the attitude of the planners there is a very good case to be made for Bingham Park (both Sites combined) with access from Duddingston Row.

If this is an unbiased forum, why are there slogans on it exhorting us to
"Support our Children" by choosing option 3? This is emotional blackmail.

by **Porty** » 19 Oct 2006, 14:16

by **Porty** » 19 Oct 2006, 14:20

by **Porty** » 19 Oct 2006, 17:26

by **alecmac** » 19 Oct 2006, 20:16

by **gilo** » 19 Oct 2006, 20:37

by **Poppy** » 19 Oct 2006, 20:42

by **bellybabe** » 19 Oct 2006, 21:53

by **Porty** » 19 Oct 2006, 22:32

by **Pal of Porty** » 19 Oct 2006, 22:35

by **Alison Connelly** » 21 Oct 2006, 10:20

removed

by **bellybabe** » 21 Oct 2006, 11:07

by **gilo** » 21 Oct 2006, 14:25

by **seanie** » 21 Oct 2006, 15:04

by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Oct 2006, 15:32

From yesterday's EN Letters Page:

by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Oct 2006, 15:37

From today's EN Letters Page:

by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Oct 2006, 16:00

From the EN Letters Page, 16 October:

Edit: date

by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Oct 2006, 16:30

Re Bellybabe's post about the St Johns school board parents consultation, firstly I would like to say that I am delighted that some kind of consultation of parents' views has finally taken place. I had asked about this on more than one occasion and I don't think I ever got a reply. Let's hope the results provide a clear indication of the way forward.

I wasn't entirely happy with the PHS School Board questionnaire either, to be honest. I think it might have been better if both consultations had simply asked parents to choose between the various options without offering their own spin or asking supplementary questions. There is enough information out there for parents to make an informed choice.

What I find particularly baffling about the St Johns questionnaire is that parents are being asked to choose a preferred site for PHS. Doesn't anyone else find this odd? I don't have a child at St Johns and, while I am free to express an opinion about its reprovision, I wouldn't really expect it to carry much weight when it comes to a statutory consultation, or any at all to be frank.

by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Oct 2006, 16:56

by **Porty** » 21 Oct 2006, 17:26

by **Alison Connelly** » 21 Oct 2006, 18:15

by **bellybabe** » 21 Oct 2006, 19:39

by **Porty** » 21 Oct 2006, 20:33

by **Porty** » 21 Oct 2006, 20:46

by **Porty** » 21 Oct 2006, 20:49

by **seanie** » 21 Oct 2006, 21:28

by **Dadaist** » 22 Oct 2006, 09:26

by **seanie** » 22 Oct 2006, 10:19

I'd prefer housing and self-financing to the risk of PPP but I'm obviously in a minority on that one.

by **Porty** » 22 Oct 2006, 12:28

by **Porty** » 22 Oct 2006, 12:49

by **seanie** » 22 Oct 2006, 15:53

by **Bob Jefferson** » 22 Oct 2006, 16:13

by **seanie** » 22 Oct 2006, 16:19

by **Porty** » 22 Oct 2006, 20:40

by **Alison Connelly** » 22 Oct 2006, 21:30