A statistical analysis of Swindon Borough Council Leader Rod Bluh's weekly column from the Swindon Advertiser in which he defends the construction of the new Croft Primary School.
Frequency of words and phrases within the column -
I = 4
We = 7
OFSTED = 1
Children = 5
Class Solutions = 0
Business Opportunity = 0
Consultation = 0
Cost Overrun = 0
The discussions about the Croft School centre on one fact that has not been clearly established.
Has Swindon Borough Council built an unnecessary school in a district that didn't need one with decisions that were influenced by it's commercial interests in the building methods of the structure?
Swindon Centric Says ; As today's Swindon Advertiser editorial comment says, "It would be nice if the people who paid for the school were deemed important enough to be told the truth".
More about Class Solutions (the modular school building design that Croft is the testbed for) and whether it smells of Digital City in a future post.
The plan to build a school at Croft in Old Town makes no sense to anyone except, you've guessed it, the ruling councillors at the top of Swindon Borough Council.
The school would be in an established part of Swindon, so the roll of pupils would be bussed in from other parts of town (which the council has tried to cut down on in recent years). In May this year, a local school was publicising it had places available for pupils and, the new school is in a part of town that top Conservative councillors are widely expected to stand as candidates in May's election.
Swindon Centric Says ; How reliable is the information that Swindon Borough Council is basing it's decision on of building a new school in an established area with questionable demographics?
Does Section 106 money from the Haydon area play a factor in being spent in Old Town?
How watertight is this decision?
