School bans word "school"

[Potemkin]

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Primary drops 'school' from title

1 day ago

An MP has questioned why a new £4.7 million school has dropped the word "school" from its title because it has "negative connotations"

Sheffield's Watercliffe Meadow is to be called a "place of learning" instead of a primary school.

Local MP Richard Caborn said: "I'm always open to new ideas but the reality is education is about preparing young people to live in the real world. I just don't think the case has been made to drop the word school to a place of learning. I don't know why they have done it."

The decision was defended by headteacher Linda Kingdon. She told The Sheffield Star: "We decided from an early stage we didn't want to use the word 'school'.

"This is Watercliffe Meadow, a place for learning. One reason was many of the parents of the children here had very negative connotations of school. Instead we want this to a be a place for family learning, where anyone can come.

"We were able to start from scratch and create a new type of learning experience. There are no whistles or bells or locked doors. We wanted to de-institutionalise the place and bring the school closer to real life.'

Councillor Andrew Sangar, Sheffield City Council's Cabinet Member for Children's Services and Lifelong Learning, said: "It's a school, we consider it a school and that's how we refer to it.

"How a school chooses to manage and refer to itself is a matter for the board of governors and the community it serves and we're relaxed about that."

[A.T. Hagan]

The Crazy Years.

.....Alan.

[Ben Franklin]

The decision was defended by headteacher Linda Kingdon. She told The Sheffield Star: "We decided from an early stage we didn't want to use the word 'school'.

"This is Watercliffe Meadow, a place for learning. One reason was many of the parents of the children here had very negative connotations of school. Instead we want this to a be a place for family learning, where anyone can come.

"We were able to start from scratch and create a new type of learning experience. There are no whistles or bells or locked doors. We wanted to de-institutionalise the place and bring the school closer to real life.'

I wonder if Ms. Kingdon has ever heard of libraries?

[SSG Rex]

from dictionary.com:

school
1   /skul/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [skool] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. an institution where instruction is given, esp. to persons under college age: The children are at school.
6. the activity or process of learning under instruction, esp. at a school for the young: As a child, I never liked school.
7. one's formal education: They plan to be married when he finishes school.
8. a building housing a school.
9. the body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution: The entire school rose when the principal entered the auditorium.
12. any place, situation, etc., tending to teach anything.

[Arianwen]

My only response to this farce is...


WTF!