Agenda for Community Council Meeting - 7:30pm on We 27 Feb

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will meet on: 

January 23rd 2013 at 7.30 PM 

at St Catherine's Argyle Church Halls, Beaufort Road

Please Note: This meeting will be in the Large Hall

A G E N D A

1 Sederunt and apologies

2 Minutes of the meeting on 23rd January

3 Matters arising from the minutes, including: planning, police priorities, Civic Trust nomination, HMOs, Road works South Meadow Walk, Lothian Buses, Craiglockhart, Planning application withdrawn

4 Matters for Information, including

            Royal Mail sorting office,  Property maintenance meeting 28.2.13 Royal Garden Party

5 Police Report including: Police National Strategic Plan

6 Neighbourhood Partnership Report (AP) including: Transport Strategy, City Centre Posters, Community Safety event, Public Urination

7 Treasurer’s report (AS)

8 Planning matters

9 HMO report

10 MABLAG

8pm

11            Meeting to discuss pressure to increase James Gillespie's Primary intake

(with JG Primary School Council)

·                John  Beattie, JGPS Council

·                Lindsay Glasgow, Service Manager Asset Planning CEC,

·                Paul Godzik Convenor for Education, Children and Families

followed by questions   

12  Any other competent business,

13  Date of next meeting: March 27th 2013

Spring Fling for over 50s on 9th March

Public meeting on 27 Feb about pressure to increase James Gillespie's Primary intake

The main item at the next Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council on 27 Feb will be a Public Meeting (starting at 8pm) about plans concerning James Gillespie's Primary School to cope with rising school rolls in South Edinburgh.  This Public Meeting (held jointly with the Primary School Council) will follow the regular business at the standard Community Council meeting which will start as normal at 7:30pm

The meeting will take place at: St Catherine of Argyle Church 61 - 63 Grange Road. EH9 1TY.

Text of the flyer circulated to primary school pupils reads as follows:

City of Edinburgh Council believe that by asking JGPS to keep the temporary portakabin classrooms, which they had previously agreed to remove, they have found a solution for the rising school roll in the area.  This 'temporary' solution of squeezing more pupils into James Gillespie's could affect our children's education and welfare. Parents are becoming concerned that decisions may be made without transparency or consultation.

What could this mean for our children?

• Loss of General Purpose rooms - drama room, music room, ICT suite (vital resources in a small open plan school) to make room for more classes.

• Less space in shared areas of school - lunch hall, playground, cloakrooms, toilets.

• Less access to shared teachers and resources - music resources, Physical Education provision, after school clubs.

• Negative impact on the experience our children have at school - the school is already utilising every inch of space in the school to ensure the needs of every child are met.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Come to the meeting!  Have your say, ask questions, get some answers!  

The City Council and local councillors have been invited so we can have an open discussion and demonstrate that we are prepared to safeguard our children's education and welfare. 

For more information contact: jgpshuts@yahoo.co.uk or talk to any member of the Parent Council.

Consultation on Edinburgh’s new Local Transport Strategy: Issues for Review

The City of Edinburgh Council is inviting you to have your say on a new Local Transport Strategy consultation document: 

 * 'Developing the New Local Transport Strategy – Issues for Review’. 

To comment you can:

* fill in a stakeholder online questionnaire; 

* submit a written response to localtransportstrategy@edinburgh.gov.uk; or

* attend a drop-in event on the 6^th March 2013 at Central Library, Edinburgh from 9am-8pm.  

 
Comments are requested by 17 Mar 2013