Four of the primary schools closed in the last year or so are now up for sale. Including the liitle school at Hutton which is yours for a mere £75,000-an application for change of use is now with the Berwickshire Area Committee. These developments are on page 3 of the Berwickshire with our SNP Parliamentary candidate seeking some publicity with her questioning the decision to sell the schools without 'engaging with the communities-'at the best insensitive' (apparently- not stated what the worst is-genocide perhaps or grand larceny ) 'Ms Orr' who had headed up the Save Hutton (school) Action Group (SH(s)AG?) claims that the parents believed that the land the school was built on belonged to our Laird, 'Lord Paxton-in-waiting' Certainly for someone who was involved in the campaign to keep Hutton School open this comes as a surprise. It is known that LP gave a small strip of land to extend the site but the assumption was that as a school had stood on the same piece of land for well over a hundred years it was owned by the education department.Most mothers knew that and I am sure if the Laird believed he owned the whole plot the world would have known about it by now. No own trumpet left unblown.

The Scottish Borders Council is having none of this. Pointing out the Laird has his wee strip of land back and that pending the sale of the school and before our new hall was opened the School was used as the local post office. And indeed also for other community purposes such as the Community Council, fund raising events etc -all this in consultation with the local people as represented by the Hall committee-Ms Orr seems unaware of this.

Anyhow aware or no Ms Orr is calling for a public enquiry into the sales. Why?

The search for truth? For the public good? Global warming? Or

an election coming up?  ¶ 6:38 PM