Last week I had two meetings regarding the sports ground.
Firstly was the meeting of the Freemantle and Shirely Community Association. This was a well attended meeting and lots of good ideas were expressed.
A committe has been set up to produce a survey which will go to Shirley and Freemantle residents seeking their views on the field.
A number of public meetings have been held about the field but as yet no wide ranging formal canvass has been done of local people's views. There seem to be 3 main ideas for what can be done with the land:
1) Playing fields for a new school and the community.
2) A public park.
3) A community hub with sports facilities.
Secondly I had meeting with members of the Local Education Authority and with the Cabinet member for Children's Services (Cllr Anne Milton - Lib Dem). This explored in more detail the option of building a new school on the St Marks site. If this were to happen it would be very expensive however the City Council is expecting large amounts of funding from the Government in 2009 for secondary education.
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