A petition to stop the closure of Earnock High School

Signatures 93 total

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   Name: Bill Wishart on Feb 18, 2003

   Country: UK

   Comments: I feel that a school with the excellent academic record of earnock High School should be encouraged and developed not closed for what appears to be mainly financial reasons

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   Name: Alistair Wishart on Feb 20, 2003

   Country: scotland

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   Name: Lorna Mclaren on Feb 20, 2003

   Country: Scotland

   Comments: Children are our future. How we treat all aspects of their care will be reflected in years to come. Lets not sell the future for a fast buck.

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   Name: Yvonne Wylie on Feb 20, 2003

   Country: Scotland

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   Name: Fiona Leggate on Feb 20, 2003

   Country: Scotland

   Comments: I go to townhill primary and i am worried that i will have to go to hamilton grammer because i might get bullied i dont want earnock to get knocked down or i might have to go to hamilton grammer plz keep it up

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   Name: Nikki Loudon on Feb 20, 2003

   Country: Scottland

   Comments: I dont want earnock high school to get knocked down because i will have to go to hamilton grammer plz dont knock it down

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   Name: Carol Whyteman on Feb 20, 2003

   Country: scotland

   Comments: this is the only community school in the area, it is used for many uses in the community and would be a very sore loss to us all.

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   Name: Kirsty Graham on Feb 20, 2003

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   Comments: I think that closing down earnock would have a disasterous effect upon the community not to mention the pupils immediately affected by the plans. Earnock and its surrounding communities will pay dearly in the future for these changes, especially when the council is wasting so much money on its lowest priorities (ie: the "decorations" in the town centre, the failed "italian" cobbling in the bus station which couldn't hold heavy transport oops!) All in all, I think we have to get the council to re-evaliate their priorities.

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   Name: Neil Graham on Feb 20, 2003

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   Comments: I think it is silly to knock down earnock because it will affected lots of pupils in earnock and in other areas which are planning to send their children to Earnock. It will affect other schools, due to crowding and could lead to rivalries and cause even bigger problems. So in short I think they should be fair and provide Earnock with a new building. Thank you. Neil Graham, 10, Townhill Primary

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    Name: William Wylie on Feb 20, 2003

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    Name: Robert Smith on Feb 20, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: Keep the school open as it provides one of the best academic establishments in this area. Also it serves as a centre for local community activities.

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    Name: Frazer Smith on Feb 20, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: As a pupil of Earnock High I know that the school has an exellent record in both teaching and results and this is only one of the reasons why Earnock should not be "discontinued". So all i can say is KEEP EARNOCK OPEN

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    Name: James Mcfaul on Feb 20, 2003

    Country: nottingham

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    Name: Joyce Smith on Feb 20, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: The "discontinuation" of Earnock High School will not only have a detrimental effect on the excellent standard of teaching within the school but will also be devastating to the local Community Groups who use the School. Earnock High School makes a very important contribution to the local area and its' residents and its' loss would result in a huge void that could never be filled.

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    Name: Aileen Clydesdale on Feb 20, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: I cant believe they intend to close Earnock! I went to Blantyre High for Latin lessons in 1985, and no offence, but it was a bit grim! And far too far away. Earnock's catchment area means kids can actually WALK to shool or it is a short bus ride. To farm pupils from a very large town out to Blantirr (sic)is madness. Let them come here!!! I am incensed and I dont even live in Hamilton. I hope the petition is successful.

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    Name: Lynsey Smith on Feb 20, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: I will be attending Earnock in 2 years time and would rather not have my education disrupted by having to move to another school.

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    Name: Alasdair Faulds on Feb 20, 2003

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    Comments: Please dont close my mummy's old school! She loved it there.

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    Name: Erica Wishart on Feb 20, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: I am disgusted at the proposal to close Earnock HS. It is an excellent school: my eldest son goes there now and we hope to send our other 2 children there. We don't want them to travel into Hamilton - we bought a house here so they could walk to school. If they take the young people out of our area, they will be taking away its vitality. It isn't fair on the deaf children either, to be sent to Blantyre HS. It has taken years to build up the ethos in Earnock where the deaf pupils are accepted, yet they want to move them! The community must say "NO" to these proposals!

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    Name: Davy Murray on Feb 21, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: Leave the school to run as it has done successfully for years

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    Name: Evelyn Stenhouse on Feb 21, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: At a time when other Scottish Councils are deliberately adopting a policy of easing town centre congestion, I find this proposal to be flawed from a child safety viewpoint if nothing else.

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    Name: Robert Clydesdale on Mar 3, 2003

    Country: Scotland

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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2003

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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2003

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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2003

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    Name: Lynsey Mitchell on Apr 17, 2003

    Country: Scotland

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    Name: Fiona MacIntyre on Apr 30, 2003

    Country: Scotland

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    Name: Kirsty MacIntyre on Apr 30, 2003

    Country: Scotland

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    Name: Rhea Flarry on May 2, 2003

    Country: UK

    Comments: (Former Dux pupil, studying at University of Cambridge)

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    Name: Chris Bell on Jul 26, 2003

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    Name: James Morrow on Jul 29, 2003

    Country: scotland

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    Name: William Craig on Aug 6, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: keep it open!

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    Name: Joanne Gillies on Aug 29, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: I attended Earnock High School, the teachers are excellent and the school on the whole had a wide variety of resources. Earnock should remain OPEN!

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    Name: Evelyn Watson on Sep 3, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: As a parent of a third year pupil at Earnock High and a P7 pupil at Glenlee primary it causes me grave concern that the counil propose to close Earnock High. I feel that my eldest child's education has been of the highest standards and that the support from the teachers is excellent. I want my younger child to attend Earnock High and not Blantyre High, which is also in another town, firstly becasue of its hugh eductatonal standards and secondly because I do not want my family unit being split between two high schools. I fully support this petition.

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    Name: Darren Watson on Sep 3, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: Keep Earnock Open

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    Name: Daniel Watson on Sep 3, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: Keep Earnock Open

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    Name: Lesley Ballard on Sep 5, 2003

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    Comments: Save Earnock

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    Name: William O'Hagan on Sep 9, 2003

    Country: UK

    Comments: Big surprise. The council bully-boys make their decision first and then have so-called 'consultation'. They then offer a variety of solutions, all of which have the same outcome. Thankfully, they have over-stepped their authority, so maybe if the Scottish Executive are a little less gutless than they usually are, it might be stopped. I'm not holding my breath.

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    Name: ALEC COLEMAN on Sep 14, 2003

    Country: SCOTLAND

    Comments: I was a labour voter, but where have the promises gone I speak of improving the education of the young of this country, you never improve anything by closure of a trusted and tried establishment, unless you are placing in its place something with better quality facilities and surroundings plus easy access, and that should obviously mean in the existing locality serving the same cachment area it was originally designed to serve, I don't see how adding an extra one and a half hours of tiring travelling onto a pupils day is advantagious to his or her education! Mr A. J. Coleman

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    Name: Stephen Martin on Sep 19, 2003

    Country: scotland

    Comments: the consultation process has been a sham. the public don't want the school to close but it is being closed in the name of democracy. what a scandal.

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    Name: Wendy Anderson on Sep 20, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: I was shocked to hear of the proposed closure of Earnock. It's a great school - the staff are extremely supportive of all the pupils, whatever their interests and level of achievement. With more and more houses being built in the area, the school is becoming MORE essential, not less. The area would suffer immensely if the school were closed.

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    Name: Heather Coventry on Sep 26, 2003

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    Name: ANNMARIE SMITH on Sep 29, 2003

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    Name: Catherine Bennett on Oct 2, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: I don't see any reason to close this school and integrate it with either Hamilton Gramar or Blantyre High School as it had a very ggod report from the education authorities and it is used for different organisations during the week. I think there is a need for all three school to be retained.

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    Name: Jan Gibb on Oct 3, 2003

    Country: Scotland

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    Name: Lynn Gibb on Oct 3, 2003

    Country: Scotland

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    Name: Malcolm Mitchell on Oct 6, 2003

    Country: Scotland

    Comments: I bought a house in Earnock so my kids were near the school. If I wanted them to go to school in Blantyre I would have bought a house there. The decision to close Earnock and send Hamilton Kids to Blantyre is outrageous

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    Name: SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL ROADS DEPT on Oct 7, 2003

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    Comments: YOU ARE ALL GAY

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    Name: Craig Spence on Oct 7, 2003

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    Name: Jamie Mccluskey on Oct 7, 2003

    Country: scotland

    Comments: i am a pupil at earnock high and i think that the proposals to close earnock is a disgrace to the community.

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    Name: STUART HUNTER on Oct 9, 2003

    Country: SCOTLAND

    Comments: THE KIDS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE FORCED TO CHANGE THERE SCHOOL AND THE TIME IT TAKES THEM TO GET THERE

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