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Delay on Salt Way. Windmill Hill's turn also.
Decisions on the fates of two West Swindon primary schools will be made at meetings in the first half of February.
The School's Organisation Corn- Council's cabinet lead member for total agreement the matter goes come of the statutory consultation
mittee (SOC) was scheduled for 11 education, said, "the objection before the Government's School at its meeting on 8 February. If it
January to make a final decision raised detailed questions and the Adjudicator. Salt Way'sfuturehas votes for closure the decision will
on Swindon Council's proposal to School's Organisation Committee to be decided by the end of March be considered at the School's Or-
close Salt Way Primary School in will want to be satisfied that the to fit in with staffing contracts. ganisation Committee meeting
Middleleaze and expand Shaw council is being diligent in its re- Should it be closed the children currently scheduled for 15 March.
Ridge Primary. sponse." will transfer to Shaw Ridge where However Freshbrook/ Windmill
However it had to be deferred He added that a special meeting more staff will have to be ap- could be considered earlier when
until February because of a late of committee members, who are pointed in time for September. the special SOC meeting discusses
and detailed objection to the pro- independent of the council, is be- In Freshbrook Swindon Council Salt Way - if it is arranged after the
posals calling into question the ing organised on a date to be con- has proposed that both Windmill cabinet meeting on 8 February.
council's strategy for closing firmed so that a decision can be Hill and Freshbrook Primary Freshbrook/ Windmill will not
schools, whether value for money made within a time-scale which Schools close and a new school be close until a new building is com-
would be achieved, the extra traf- does not disrupt children's educa- built on the Freshbrook School site. pleted, by September 2007 at the
fic flow to reach Shaw Ridge and tion. The cabinet will discuss the ou t- earliest.
lack of information on future catch- The School's Organisation Corn-
ment areas. mittee has to agree a school clo- I
Coun Gary Perkins, Swindon sure unanimously. If there is not

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