14th January 2004
Cllr
Blair on the Run, But he Cannot Hide Report’s Verdict
Commenting
on a statement issued yesterday by Leader of Inverclyde Council, Cllr Alan
Blair, on the subject of Inverclyde School Buildings, MSP for Greenock and
Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, today said:
“Cllr
Blair might be on the run, but he can’t hide from the fact that independent
experts – no less than HM Inspectorate of Education themselves – have
absolutely slated his administration’s ‘unsatisfactory’ performance.
“He
can’t hide from the Scottish school inspectors’ confirmation that pupils are
already suffering as a result of the shambles to which his leadership has given
rise. He can’t hide the fact that they have told him to think
again, or the questions they raise ‘over the feasibility’ of the funding
options for his so-called ‘replacement’ plans.
He can no longer arrogantly dismiss the concerns which head teachers and
parents have been raising since last summer.
“He
has nowhere to hide. So, rather
than actually face up to his responsibilities and sort his mess out, he resorts
to rambling bluster and clumsy diversionary tactics.
Meanwhile, of course, our children continue to be held back by crumbling
schools –children who would, as the Inspectorate makes clear, all have been
‘educated in either a new or a refurbished school building’ under the
previous administration’s ‘ambitious’ and ‘well-founded’ plans.
The very plans which he tore up in such a cavalier fashion.
“No
amount of personal criticism will stop me doing what I was elected to do –
working to get Inverclyde its fair share of public investment.
Investment which this administration seems determined to deny us.”
ENDS
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