Five years time

Mike McDonnell (Still a long way to go; SN 01/12/14), I don’t think anyone is envious of the position councillors are in, with these difficult decisions to be made, but closing a community’s lifeline (I’m referring to North Roe primary), for the sake of saving £46.000 a year? That’s not something I can agree with.

It’s easy to look at one side of the coin, and find educational benefits in larger classrooms, and a potential saving, however small.

But, look at the other side also. In a previous letter, I mentioned that it’s not possible to grow without investment, and this is still the case.

It’s easy for the council to neglect an area like North Roe in terms of capital investment for the past 30 years.

With the continued threat of school closure laid over the community, how would it be possible for people to look to spawn growth in the area?

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North Roe, and other communities like it, now have five years to put together a plan for community growth, but this needs to be done with the full support of the council.

If in five years the community hasn’t done anything to try and improve things, and the council have continued to neglect the area, by a lack of support (not just financially), then its fully justifiable to look at closing the school again.

Lee Goodlad
Blackburn
Aberdeenshire