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Review the Renaming of Prescot School |
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Published by Trevor Powell on Jun 14, 2009
Category: Education
Region: United Kingdom
Target: Knowsley Borough Council
Web site: http://www.prescotian.info
Background (Preamble):
Political correctness has overtaken Prescot Grammar school [although latterly just Prescot School] Prescot Grammar School, renamed Prescot School after becoming a comprehensive school, is to be renamed "Knowsley Park Centre for Learning – serving Prescot, Whiston and the Wider Community". This severs links with the second oldest grammar school in England having been founded in 1544, when the inclusion of the term "grammar" had nothing to do with selective education after the 1944 Education Act.
This move by Knowsley Borough Council is an act of dogmatic and politically correct bureaucrats and seems to have nothing to do with what people in the area want. In fact, the name of Prescot was not even included in the name until the local Prescot Town Council objected. Knowsley is not Prescot. Prescot is Prescot!
See more details from the Liverpool Echo :
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/05/28/knowsley-school-to-have-one-of-longest-names-in-the-world-100252-23732388/
This move by Knowsley Borough Council is an act of dogmatic and politically correct bureaucrats and seems to have nothing to do with what people in the area want. In fact, the name of Prescot was not even included in the name until the local Prescot Town Council objected. Knowsley is not Prescot. Prescot is Prescot!
See more details from the Liverpool Echo :
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/05/28/knowsley-school-to-have-one-of-longest-names-in-the-world-100252-23732388/
Petition:
We the undersigned petition the Knowsley Borough Council to reverse their decision to rename the historic Prescot Grammar School [founded 1544] with the name, Knowsley Park Centre for Learning – serving Prescot, Whiston and the Wider Community.
The Review the Renaming of Prescot School petition to Knowsley Borough Council was written by Trevor Powell and is hosted free of charge at GoPetition. Contact author here.
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