Richmond School
Sir, — My attention was drawn this morning, to a letter on open-plan schools, and a disappointing reply from Mr Wilson. The Minister of Education has expressed the reasonable opinion, that there should be more contact and better communication between parent and school. School in this context does not stop at the committee or education board. These bodies are made up of lay administrators, who do a good job of providing the requirements for teaching. The type of teaching, the aims and the methods, are a matter for trained teachers, the inspectorate, the parents, and the children. Whatever the advantages and disadvantages of a proposed change may be, it is much more likely to be successful if these latter parties can be brought together in discussion and explanation. Boards and school committees would do well to foster such discussions, rather than guess at what parents might want or accept. —Yours, etc., J. P. SENIOR. May 12, 1975.
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Press, Issue 33842, 14 May 1975, Page 16
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