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October 2003
PRESS RELEASE
Once again Kent and Medway Secondary Schools are being required to
participate in a futile and time-wasting exercise, drawing up lists
of parent voters as anti-selective education campaigners register their
apparent interest in petitioning to abolish selective schools.
Support Kent Schools Chairman Eric Hammond says:-
“I am appalled that at a time when schools of all types throughout
the country are calling out for much needed cash to support their day
to day work, public money will be wasted on a bogus exercise. We know
from previous experience that no campaigns will be initiated and nothing
will be achieved except of course a great deal of administrative inconvenience.”
Support Kent Schools has urged the Government to repeal the legislation
which allows a very small number of campaigners to embark on a pointless
annual charade.
Mr Hammond adds:-
“Perhaps the Government should consider surcharging those individuals
who have neither the intention of embarking on a campaign nor indeed
any hope of achieving a very modest threshold which would prompt a vote.”
Notes:-
Support Kent Schools is an apolitical group seeking to retain the status
quo in Kent and Medway.
For further comment please contact Keith Williams on 01634 817059 or
07941 076643.
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