To: Highland Council
Stop Highland Council destroying our schools
Reverse their decision to rid all schools of their Head Teachers.
Why is this important?
Most schools in the Highland region are part of an ASG (number of schools grouped together). The Highland Council are removing the Head Teachers from all these schools and replacing them with one administrative head who will have control of all the schools budgets. This is a form of centralisation which not only removes a schools identity but its ability to function independently and hence do the best for the children attending that school. This will shortly be happening to Tongue and Melvich Primary schools who are part of the Farr ASG which contains 4 primary and Farr High school. Tongue is 13 miles west of Farr High and Melvich is 17 miles east. The new administrator will be based at Farr High school along with the budgets for all the schools and although both Tongue and Melvich Parent Councils have strongly opposed these changes the Highland Council are proceeding anyway.
Compromises will inevitably be made by this administrator which will benefit some schools at the detriment to others.
This is WRONG WRONG WRONG and should not be happening.
