ARSN submission to Rural Education Commission

Kilmory 5 Jan 2011

The Argyll Rural Schools Network (ARSN) has made its submission to the Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education, Continue reading

Spygate: Who was ‘John McKinnon’? Was Russell a victim of dirty tricks by a council false persona?

(Updated below) Just over a year ago, in very early January 2011, the incendiary schools closure issue Continue reading

Council now deploys online ‘Spy Accounts’ in covert surveillance of local critics

Today’s edition of The Herald reveals, in a headline article on Page 6 by Stephen Naysmith, that Argyll and Bute Council has an embedded Continue reading

Russell says council budget shows school closures ‘completely unnecessary’

Michael Russell, Argyll and Bute’s MSP and Education Secretary, has been looking at the draft budget Continue reading

Costa Sneddonia refloated: council submission to Rural Education Commission

Kilmory on 5th Jan 2011

Education Director Cleland Sneddon’s cruise to close rural schools in Argyll was given to sailing too close Continue reading

That 8 minute meeting and the council Executive committee

The Argyll First group has consistently campaigned against the anti-democratic Executive Continue reading

A wish list for 2012, gains and losses from 2011

The start of a new year is traditionally the laying down of markers Continue reading

An intake of breath from Minard School – and vivid memories

Minafrd Group

Had Argyll and Bute Council has its way, today would have been the last day at Minard school – Continue reading