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

Argyll’s latest birth rate statistics underline distortions in school closure proposals

Yesterday (8th December), the General Register of Scotland (GRoS) published Continue reading

Longmuir resignation challenges integrity of Commission on Rural Education and of Education Secretary

The resignation of Sandy Longmuir, Chair of the Scottish Rural Schools Network (SRSN), from the Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education Continue reading

Argyll schools campaign shortlisted in Herald’s 2011 Politician of the Year awards

The headline focus of these high profile awards from Scotland’s best newspaper, The Herald, may be on the political world Continue reading