Help sign our petition to keep our school open

titchinello

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/t ... e_petition

Our local council are looking into closing our village primary school, in the name of saving a few thousand pounds.. can you good people of the 10c take a minute of your time to help, by signing the petition, and fighting our local council.

much appreciated.

titchinello

Bump.

cincybearcat

So you want people who have no idea about the school or the local situation to sign a petition?

Really?

Well, good luck to you but I doubt people in your area want someone living where I do having a say in how they spend their $, etc.

titchinello

Well the situation is... the local council are looking at ways to cut back and save them some money. that i understand, but they've already just closed 7 local libraries in our area... ( where i live is a little coastal town, population of about 2000, and there are neibouring villages in the same situation, we have 1 pub, 1 little shop, a little post office, and the primary school, which at the moment there are 60-70 kids attending).

and now they're are looking at closing some of the primary schools, with no other agenda than saving their budget. surely there are other ways to do this than to shut little primary schools and destroy communitues.. because my friend that is the real threat we are faceing.... so if you don't want to help out with 1 little signiture that thats your option, no hard feeling.. but there was no need to be so mean and uncaring about it.

at the end of the day its the kids and the community that are most at risk.

and also its not about how we spend our $$ as you say its about trying to let the council and government understand there is better options than closing schools and destroying communities.

Pjzepp67

cincybearcat wrote:

So you want people who have no idea about the school or the local situation to sign a petition?

Really?

Well, good luck to you but I doubt people in your area want someone living where I do having a say in how they spend their $, etc.

It's a petition to save a school which obviously means something to the guy, hence the reason he is on here looking for support as many others have done on this forum and hopefully will in the future. This petition goes, I believe, directly to the Scottish or UK Parliament; he's asking for help, not to invade Scotland, demand regime change, and reinstate the school.
Personally I have just signed the aforementioned petition as I believe education is of paramount importance, and local education at this age group is essential. The other factor is the fact that I spent evey summer of my childhood in this area, a few of my adult ones as well, including the one I am planning at present for next year for my family. A truely beautiful part of Scotland, visually and atmospherically due to the people who inhabit this area.

It takes less than a minute, but if you can't be fucked...hey-ho... :fp:

gimmesometruth27

signed.

do not save funds by denying funding for educating our kids.

can't you see that is what is wrong with states in america these days???

hedonist

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

signed.

do not save funds by denying funding for educating our kids.

can't you see that is what is wrong with states in america these days???

Here in my beautiful city, we've been using the funding paid by me and other Angelinos intended toward education instead put into a ridiculously high number of incidences of teachers literally fucking their students, and then some.

Anyway...from here, I truly hope your village's school remains intact. Seems like an environment with many positive ripple-effects.

cincybearcat

Mean and uncaring because I think people in the area are the ones that should be supporting your petitions? Wow.

badbrains

Done, signed. I agree, never take education away from any kids period. Good luck man!

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Signed.

If this world is all about making it better for our children... well... let's keep their school open so they don't have to ride a bus for 2 hours to get to one.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

cincybearcat wrote:

Mean and uncaring because I think people in the area are the ones that should be supporting your petitions? Wow.

They likely are the ones supporting the petition.

Geez man. If people can come on this forum saying they have lost their cat and can Pearl Jam play Wishlist because the cat's name is Wishes... then can't people come on and ask for a show of support so that they have a chance at saving their school?

It may or may not do any good... but why mock his effort?

cincybearcat

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

Mean and uncaring because I think people in the area are the ones that should be supporting your petitions? Wow.

They likely are the ones supporting the petition.

Geez man. If people can come on this forum saying they have lost their cat and can Pearl Jam play Wishlist because the cat's name is Wishes... then can't people come on and ask for a show of support so that they have a chance at saving their school?

It may or may not do any good... but why mock his effort?

It's not mocking. What do you know about the situation that you signed? Just what you read here?

I hope the community gets what the want. Schools closing can be terrible. But I think people from different countries signing a petition like this is not a good thing.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

cincybearcat wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

They likely are the ones supporting the petition.

Geez man. If people can come on this forum saying they have lost their cat and can Pearl Jam play Wishlist because the cat's name is Wishes... then can't people come on and ask for a show of support so that they have a chance at saving their school?

It may or may not do any good... but why mock his effort?

It's not mocking. What do you know about the situation that you signed? Just what you read here?

I hope the community gets what the want. Schools closing can be terrible. But I think people from different countries signing a petition like this is not a good thing.

I think what you are saying is legitimate to some degree, but we are talking about a school closing in a small community as a cost saving endeavour. This is not a unique occurrence and one that is happening with greater frequency these days. I'm pretty confident the situation is exactly as described to us.

I think a better approach would have been to ask for more details and perhaps a link that you might access to decide whether or not you wanted to lend support to... versus a virtual eye roll and a dismissal. You probably never meant it that way, but that is the way it came across.

titchinello

cincybearcat wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

Mean and uncaring because I think people in the area are the ones that should be supporting your petitions? Wow.

They likely are the ones supporting the petition.

Geez man. If people can come on this forum saying they have lost their cat and can Pearl Jam play Wishlist because the cat's name is Wishes... then can't people come on and ask for a show of support so that they have a chance at saving their school?

It may or may not do any good... but why mock his effort?

It's not mocking. What do you know about the situation that you signed? Just what you read here?

I hope the community gets what the want. Schools closing can be terrible. But I think people from different countries signing a petition like this is not a good thing.

I get where your coming from, and i don't hold it against you.... but there is no hidden agenda here. it is as i say.. the local council/government want to close the local primary school just to save money from their budget.. and we believe that it is wrong, and the kids education shouldn't have to suffer. and that won't be the end of the line, no school will mean familys will not want to come live in the village, maybe some will move away, eventually .. well i don't want to think about eventually. thats all. its about whats right and wrong.

titchinello

and to everyone else who's given their support. thank you very much, every signature helps.

as someone said, people are on here asking for help all the time, so why can't I. i've signed petitions from people on here before.. helped vote for peoples competitions etc.

this is about trying to stop the council/government closing our local primary school.

cincybearcat

Well, I do appreciate the feedback. I had thought that maybe I shoulda said it differently.

I still don't feel comfortable signing a petition like this, but to each their own. And I hope the community gets what it wants.

titchinello

cincybearcat wrote:

Well, I do appreciate the feedback. I had thought that maybe I shoulda said it differently.

I still don't feel comfortable signing a petition like this, but to each their own. And I hope the community gets what it wants.

thats cool, i just thought at first you came across a bit bitchy, and was no need for it. if you don't want to help, thats fine, no worries. but others might.

so please let the negativity stop now... and anyone else reading. your support would be appreciated, and if you don't feel its something you can support, then thats cool too.

love and peace

bert.

know1

I totally get what Cincy was saying, though and I agree with the sentiment.

First, online petitions mean nothing at all.

Second, the names of people who weren't from that area or have possible connection to the situation would be meaningless as well.

If you can get 100% of the people in that town or area to sign it, then perhaps the council would take notice. But if you walk in with a couple thousand signatures of people who have no interest at all in the situation, then what kind of impact is that going to have?

I think you may be doing yourself more harm than good by soliciting outside your geographic area in this case.

titchinello

know1 wrote:

I totally get what Cincy was saying, though and I agree with the sentiment.

First, online petitions mean nothing at all.

Second, the names of people who weren't from that area or have possible connection to the situation would be meaningless as well.

If you can get 100% of the people in that town or area to sign it, then perhaps the council would take notice. But if you walk in with a couple thousand signatures of people who have no interest at all in the situation, then what kind of impact is that going to have?

I think you may be doing yourself more harm than good by soliciting outside your geographic area in this case.

you may be right there, but we got to try everything we can... and if we fail in the end. then at least we can dissapear into our ghost town knowing we tried.

and about 90% of the signatures are locaL WE are doing all we can.

Go Beavers

School funding isn't your only problem, you only have one pub?!

titchinello

Go Beavers wrote:

School funding isn't your only problem, you only have one pub?!

and they had to fight the religious nuts to get it... before that we had none.