tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272174149265458740.post9156266030460471919..comments2023-06-01T10:59:07.627+01:00Comments on Pits'n'pots: Longton High Leaders Hit Back!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09477240165204150850noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272174149265458740.post-78532901515743484892008-09-27T22:44:00.000+01:002008-09-27T22:44:00.000+01:00I was really glad to see that Longton High School ...I was really glad to see that Longton High School responded to Joy Garner with what they knew to be the case. I wholeheartedly agree with alison's comments in her last paragraph which focuses on the practical help that all at Longton need now. The council owe them that. However I fear that it is too much talk, as even back before Ian McLaughlan got so decisively booted out he was talking about developing a protocol for staffing and then Ged Rowney talked about talking to the unions. But what is happening? It sounds from alison's comment that staff and pupils at Longton are still being let down. That's no good, it has got to be sorted out.nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175542518100987466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272174149265458740.post-84967767396607791492008-09-27T17:08:00.000+01:002008-09-27T17:08:00.000+01:00Joy Garner's attack on Longton High School via Ton...Joy Garner's attack on Longton High School via Tony was a disgrace. As a councillor in the North of the city, I don't see how she is close enough to Longton High to know what went on. Indeed, she wasn't even a councillor at the time the incidents took place, so how she can be such an authority on the subject is beyond me. <BR/><BR/>Tony's request for her to post on this blogsite will fall on deaf ears. She doesn't have the bottle. She is your typical local politician, opinionated, arrogant and of little use to the people of this city.<BR/><BR/>As a parent governor of Longton High school, I find her comments and her posts on the Sentinel extremely distasteful, and I fully endorse the school's Senior Leadership Team in their response to her on the Sentinel site.<BR/><BR/>Longton High has had it's problems in the past, no one is disputing that. The way the Senior Leadership Team, and in particularly the Headteacher, Jan Webber, have dealt with these problems is second to none. It is unfortunate that the problems came at a time when the Local Authority was hell bent on closing Longton High down in any way it could. If it had been another headteacher in another school, the Authority would have been singing their praises and commending them for their work.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, this has never happened at Longton High, and Jan and the SLT's work goes largely unnoticed, except by those who work with them and see first hand the excellence that takes place daily at Longton.<BR/><BR/>If Joy Garner really wants to make amends, she should use her position to ensure that the staff and students at LHS get what they deserve - a secure future, and a level playing field in terms of jobs and the education the kids deserve. THEN - she might just redeem herself in the eyes of the electorate in this side of the city.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17978843267643174695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272174149265458740.post-13243132854355807672008-09-27T11:42:00.000+01:002008-09-27T11:42:00.000+01:00I have one problem with the BNP and the rally they...I have one problem with the BNP and the rally they held, and it is, the fact that they have only taken issue with the verdict on the Khan case. Yet, readers of the Sentinel will have seen many other cases, for example the husband who killed his wife, and only got 7 years for manslaughter. Why are the BNP not up in arms about this? If you are representing the people of the City, shouldn't it be ALL the people? Can a BNP member please give us some answers? As for the Leader of the Labour Party making these comments on the Sentinel Web, re Longton High School, I find this very disappointing. Firstly, you should only make statements if you know your facts are correct. To clarify, it was an outsider who came onto the premises, resulting in the trouble at the school. No knives, baseball bats were being carried. For some reason the BNP has targeted the school, in their election leaflets, clearly to stir up some tensions. Fortunately, this has not been successful.nitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834992101623704366noreply@blogger.com