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Statement on school meals from Argyll and Bute Council | Argyll and Bute Council

11 points| urbanjunkie | 13 years ago |argyll-bute.gov.uk | reply

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[+] patio11|13 years ago|reply
Argyll and Bute Council wholly refutes the unwarranted attacks on its schools catering service which culminated in national press headlines which have led catering staff to fear for their jobs. The Council has directly avoided any criticism of anyone involved in the ‘never seconds’ blog for obvious reasons despite a strongly held view that the information presented in it misrepresented the options and choices available to pupils however this escalation means we had to act to protect staff from the distress and harm it was causing

Schools: jobs programs which occasionally produce educated students as an industrial biproduct.

[+] johrn|13 years ago|reply
Is the text in italics from an earlier version of the council's statement? The linked page seems to have language that is as supportive of the student's blog as is possible.
[+] urbanjunkie|13 years ago|reply
Normally a fair comment, except in this case the school was actually supportive, and it was council officials (unelected local government workers) who imposed the ban.

The leader of the council (Roddie McCuish - an elected politician) was interviewed on national radio and stated that he had just instructed senior officials to reverse the ban.