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No-one has ever cast doubt on theabilities of the current teaching staff of Passmores, but none of us can besure for how much longer any of them

may be around.This has nothing to do with meritsor otherwise of the individuals, butwith the justice of the decisions thatare made and the accountability of those that make them.

G M Allen,Morley Grove, Harlow

Confusing adsSIR – Parents and students in theHarlow area may well be veryconfused following theadvertisement that appeared lastweek for Harlow schools stating that

they all offer educational provisionfrom ages 11-18.

  At the same time on their newwebsite Harlow College announcesthat all its A-levels will be taught atHarlow College.

There may also be confusionbecause of the lack of consultationconcerning the reshaping of post 16education and the absence of HarlowCollege governor minutes from thewebsite since March.

My worst fears are that parentsand students are suddenly findingthemselves travelling around

Harlow or being taught by itinerantteachers. The recreation of sixthforms in Harlow looks more andmore like the failed consortiaexperiment of the past.

Instead of the schools and collegetalking about “pride” and“excellence”, perhaps they couldspell out what is actually going tohappen to “sixth-formers”.

Keith Watson, Bishops Avenue,Bishop’s Stortford

who have just finished yearone at primary school andlive in the Passmores areathey will find itincreasingly difficult togain access to the newschool because of currentadmission criteria.

This despite the promisemade by chair of governorsPaul Beashel at a publicmeeting that priority foradmissions to the newschool would be given tothose in the Passmoresarea in perpetuity.

Rev Dennis Nadin raisesan interesting pointregarding this whole affair,and characteristicallymade no reference to hisown circumstances butsought to address the widerissues. Speculation was

expressed when the“relocation” was firstsuggested that it had moreto do with Harlow Collegeseeking university status.

This point was put to BillRammell MP at a meetingand he said the plan was,apparently, “to move on tothe Passmores site andhave 10,000 students at theend of the decade”.

Thanks LornaSIR – Can I reply back and makecomment on the rather personalattacks on Cllr Lorna Spenceley by agaggle of vindictive Tory councillors.

Cllr Spenceley has moved to avillage an hour away, she hasdecided that she wants to completethe four-year term of office she waselected to serve, it has just ninemonths to run. Unlike many othercouncillors, Lorna is not a quitter,she is well aware of therequirements needed for this task, Isay good for you Lorna!

The fact she wants to complete thecommitment made to the people of Staple Tye is something that shouldbe praised, not attacked.

Lorna has history going backdecades with the town she loves, has

family members still living orworking in the town and cancomplete a commitment made to thepeople of her ward, why is thissomething to attack her with?

I thank her for all her work, past,present and future. We should allwish her well in her new life to comewhen her term of office ends.

Finally, to her petty opponents I say,“Drag yourselves out of the gutter!”

Robert Thurston, deputy leaderLiberal Democrat group on

Harlow Council

School moveSIR – Mr Lowry’s letter last week,School clarity ( Herald, August 20)seemed to offer anything but clarityitself. He fails to tell us in what way

he believes previous correspondentsare dishonest.

In fact, the Save Passmores ActionGroup has sought to bring greater

clarity about the so called “relocation”of Passmores to as wide a group of people as possible.

What Mr Lowry fails to recognise isthe basic injustice of the situation.Why should a school which wasforced to close because of lack of 

support, be rewarded by the provisionof a brand new building?

Meanwhile people who supportedtheir school are to lose it with pupils

facing a longer, more hazardous andmore costly journey. That is if theycan gain admission to it.

Mr Lowry speaks of hoping that hischild gets a place at Passmores nextyear, and not minding the extra mileon the journey. For those children

SIR – Every time I fill my car upwith petrol I have a renewed sense of 

dread as prices seem to be going everupwards – substantially by the day.

My car is diesel (a Kia), andrecently when I was in Darlingtonfuel was £1.01 a litre. Last weekpassing a BP garage in CentralLondon, diesel was £1.09 per litre. Admittedly, BP is usually the mostexpensive petrol company, butnevertheless the huge pricerepresented a sign of things to come.

If the price increases were not badenough, Prime Minister GordonBrown seems determined to goahead with petrol tax increase of 

2.3p from September 1.The Labour Government

continues to penalise the motoristtime and time again. This latestincrease could not come at a worseperiod particularly as so manypeople are struggling to pay the bills– because of the state of the economy.

What is astonishing is that fuelprices indicate that we in England,

pay 20 per cent more on petrol thanmost of our European neighboursbecause we have higher taxes to pay.

The question is, are we going tosee fuel prices, reach the horrificprices of last year? And if so, whaton earth will be the effect on ourfaltering economy? It doesn’t bearthinking about.

I tend to find that the cheapest

garage for me in Harlow seems to bethe Shell station on the A414, just off the M11. The only catch is thatsometimes the pumps are empty, andonly the more expensive premiumfuel is available.

Robert Halfon, prospectiveConservative MP for Harlow,

Hastingwood, Nazeing, Roydonand Sheering

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holiday with went bust somemonths ago. Since then they’vebeen trying in vain to get arefund, but have almost givenup as they seem to be gettingnowhere despite endless phonecalls and e-mails. Is thereanything more they can do?

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price are changed, and a scheme toprotect your money and get youhome if the tour operator goes bust.If you book a package holidaywhich includes air travel you shouldbe protected by the Air TravelOrganiser’s Licensing (ATOL)scheme. This means you should berefunded for the full cost of theholiday if you have not yet travelled.If you have travelled, the protectionscheme the operator is usingshould meet the costs of the rest ofyour holiday, for example the costof the hotel if the operator hasn’t

paid them, so you do not have tocome home early. If arrangementscannot be made for you tocomplete the holiday, or the airlinegoes bust when you are away, thescheme should make sure that youare not stranded. If your packageholiday was booked through aretailer, such as a travel agent, youshould be offered an alternativeholiday. Details of how to make aclaim under the ATOL scheme canbe found on www.atol.org.uk. Ifyour daughter and her boyfriendpaid for their holiday by credit card,

and it cost more than £100, theymay be able to make a claim to thecredit card company. They shouldalso check whether their travelinsurance covers them. If they havetried getting their money backthrough the scheme their touroperator is using without success,they should get advice and help onwhat their options are now from aCAB adviser (see the websiteadviceguide.org.uk for moreinformation and contact details ofyour nearest CAB) or ConsumerDirect (consumerdirect.gov.uk).

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