Solidarity out wast (Jeremy Sansom)
Maybe I’m just tired – it’s been a long month for everyone on the Westside – maybe I’m a little delusional, but I thought that…
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We should not be surprised (Ian Scott)
As our council leaders, those elected and otherwise, prepare to lay waste to our education service, the one thing we should not be is surprised….
READ FULL STORYViking concerns (Sustainable Shetland)
Sustainable Shetland welcomes the displeasure voiced by Shetland Charitable Trust trustees Theo Smith and Bobby Hunter regarding Viking Energy’s refusal to compensate home-owners adversely affected…
READ FULL STORYGrave concerns (Andersons/Irvines)
As very worried parents of pupils coming up through the Whalsay school, we want to express our grave concerns regarding the proposed closure of the…
READ FULL STORYSad day for democracy (Doug Forrest)
Following the SIC education and families special committee meeting on Friday I felt it necessary to seek a clear definition of the word “manifesto”. According…
READ FULL STORYRefresh must stop now (Jane Haswell)
“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.”…
READ FULL STORYShetland charitable coo (Allen Fraser)
Well now, it is official – the great god of Mammon, Bill Manson, has spoken: if you live within the windfarm cluster and your property…
READ FULL STORYUnited we stand! (Jeremy Sansom)
Of course Scotty van der Tol, writing in last week’s Readers’ Views, is right. Shamefully we were not as engaged in the Scalloway closure debate…
READ FULL STORYLet’s learn from Orkney (Jeemie Smith)
Let’s not beat about the bush. With education spending forming the major part of Shetland Islands Council spending, it is well accepted that there will…
READ FULL STORYSingle mantra (Catriona Waddington)
The idea behind the Refreshed Blueprint for Education is that the mass-proposal to close 11 schools is voted through and then individual school closures are…
READ FULL STORYCrazy proposals (Christopher Ritch)
As an ex-Uyeasound Primary School pupil’s parent, I know how debilitating it is to protest these proposed closures. The fact that the consultation process for…
READ FULL STORYIt’s your own fault (Scotty van der Tol)
How dare Aith Parent Council accuse the SIC of casting a cloud over Aith school when it was themselves and their own communities who cast…
READ FULL STORYNo joined-up thinking (Jeremy Sansom)
I find it difficult to grasp the rationale behind the proposed closure of Aith Junior High School and the dismantling of the junior high school…
READ FULL STORYSave the important things in life (Hazel Spence)
As with many parents of children in Shetland, I am astonished at the council’s new proposals for education in our islands. Previous councils have…
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