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Say NO to Forestdale Primary School 2 Form Entry

Say NO to Forestdale Primary School 2 Form Entry

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Started by Anonymous 14 years ago
Forestdale Primary School is a small local community school normally admitting 1 class (30 pupils) per year. The proposal is to expand the school to two-form entry over a period of years so that by 2019 the school would have an extra 210 pupils in total, effectively doubling the size of the school.

Please sign this petition appealing to the Cabinet Member and Executive Director for Children, Schools and Learning to reconsider the proposed expansion and keep the school as it is.

In summary, doubling the size of Forestdale Primary School will directly impact the local community and environment including the disruption of on-going construction work. There will be more noise.  It will take away green space. There will be more traffic and less parking (of which there is already a huge problem) and more pollution.

We, the signed, say NO to the expansion of Forestdale Primary School.

Updates

October 15, 2012

The volume of support has secured us a formal meeting with the Executive Director for Children, Schools and Learning. I am currently drafting a letter of concern that outlines the traffic and green space data to present during this session.

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Sarah Wong
13 years ago Featured

The traffic around here is already a nightmare during drop off. Making the school twice as big is just asking for a serious accident.

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Mark Beck
14 years ago Featured

so sad to see more green space being taken away. forestdale is a community school not a factory. leave it alone.

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Dave Novak
14 years ago Featured

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. THE ROADS CANT HANDLE IT!