Bazj Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 18 months after it opened; Chapelford Primary School is hoping for an extension to provide 6 extra classrooms and extra facilities for staff etc. Surely the numpties who planned the school should have realised that closing one school and transferring all the kids to the new school plus the amount of kids that will be "produced" by a new housing estate would have meant a school twice the size should have been built to start with?? http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/articles/19644/1/School-wants-six-extra-classrooms/Page1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Perhaps they need to go back to school to get thier maths sorted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 I can hazard a guess where this goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 I blame immigration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Spoilsport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 I wonder if the dinner ladies are learning to cook swan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted November 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 EU Health & Safety meddling forbids it.... apparently they can break your arm!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 I'd sooner be attacked by a swan than a cow???? they get quite mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Baz, as EU myths go that one is more believable than most ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris1066 Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 18 months after it opened; Chapelford Primary School is hoping for an extension to provide 6 extra classrooms and extra facilities for staff etc. Surely the numpties who planned the school should have realised that closing one school and transferring all the kids to the new school plus the amount of kids that will be "produced" by a new housing estate would have meant a school twice the size should have been built to start with?? http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/articles/19644/1/School-wants-six-extra-classrooms/Page1.html Last time I looked Sycamore Lane school is still standing ,'praps they can open it up again ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lister Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 The council were told at the time during the consultation meetings that the new school wasn't going to be big enough, and it was too soon to close Sycamore Lane Primary. All they said was "We've done our calculations" Their calculations mustn't have accounted for more people moving into Sankey, and a baby boom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 All they said was "We've done our calculations" Must be same type of calculator I had when I started work. 1 pencil.1 ruler. 1 rubber.3 sheets of paper. 10 fingers. 10 toes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 I wonder if the cost of a new build and the cost of building extra classes come out of different budgets or pots of money and this was foreseen and planned? Just wondering though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 ..................... and this was foreseen and planned? Don't be daft.... They are fire-fighting again just like they always do. Look at Oakwood Primary; how many times has that been extended in the last 5 years alone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 I know and I also know that things get paid for from different budgets all the time, sometimes at a detriment to service and value for money too. Maybe there was a finite budget for the new build which only covered what they built. It could have been funded from numerous different pots. Not trying to stick up for that lot but it does happen, in fact much dafter things than this happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Thought they "planned" schools on the basis of demographic projections, based on registered births, housing developments etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 erm,clearly not in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Perhaps a simple audit of demand would indicate the cause? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 if you don't know the cause by now you have led a realllly sheltered life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 That would be speculation Sid; seems we need cast iron proof ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 No need to speculate as to why the school needs to be bigger, the council closed down one school that already served its area and replaced it with a similar school which now serves the original area and the Chapelford development which is rather large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Any forward planning involves a degree of speculation, hence planning services for future demand is ultimately an estimate based on demographic trends. If demand has exceeded that estimated by council officers, the reason should be evident in an audit of the resultant actual demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Yes, it must have come as s massivd shock to them when families began moving into all those new houses that were being built ???????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 All those "new houses" would have or should have been included in the calculations, even before most of them were even built, based on planning permissions, at 2.2 kids per house or whatever formula they use; a reasonable estimate of projected demand would indicate location required, class space required etc etc. Now assuming they did all that; and they can add up; the only thing that would throw their projections out would be some unforseen surge in demand, such as a baby boom ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 or somebody missing a finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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