8 Tuesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2016</strong> SOUTHERN VIEW Your Local <strong>View</strong>s What do you think of the new school? Port Hills Labour MP Ruth Dyson says people should have their say on how they would like Linwood College to look like in five years time, with a whole school rebuild planned MANY OF you will have noticed billboards around our suburbs talking about a new school coming – have your say. And you may have talked with people at one of our markets, outside the supermarket or at meetings about this new school. This project is one of the best examples of collaboration and taking an opportunity for improvement that I have seen. It is called the legacy project and is taking a very frank look at Linwood College in the future, the fact that it now has a new principal who is very community-focused and outward looking, and the complete rebuild of the school which will be under way soon. The project asks the questions about what people think of the school, what they would like to see from the school, and what it should look like in five years’ time. The community consultation has been fantastic, with many parents who are looking at colleges in the future, coming along and having their questions answered in an honest and open way. We all know that there have been problems at Linwood College over the last few years. But we know that it has an excellent provider of quality education for many local children and with the right leadership, can become a school of choice. The fact that it will be brand new is an added bonus. It is a huge opportunity for our communities to have their say and be part of making the new high school a place for of opportunity. All our children and young adults deserve the best possible education. This is an exciting piece of work that will deliver that in our community. If you haven’t been part of the discussion yet, it’s not too late. The community meetings have finished but you can share your ideas online www. surveymonkey.com/r/makeityours Help build a great school for our future leaders. Readers respond to last week’s <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>View</strong> article about businesses opposing the loss of car parks on Ferry Rd, part of a city council plan to revitalise the area. Michael J. Brathwaite, of Spreydon – Regarding the council’s plans for the Woolston village, when will the fools who came up with these crazy ideas get it into their thick heads that people go to shopping centres to buy things, put them in their cars, and drive home? No-one goes to such a place to admire trees or be impeded by median strips and other obstacles on the roads – all without averting one’s glance from one’s speedometer. How do they expect to revitalise the area while doing all they can to make people stay away from it? An April magazine article by architect David Sheppard confirms what we’ve long suspected, ie that public consultation “is generally token only and . . . carried out once key decisions and strategies have been made by those leading the charge.” I’ve lodged submissions against many plans such as GOING: A city council plan to revitalise Woolston would see the number of Ferry Rd car parks reduced from 77 to 21. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN the Woolston one, but they have always gone ahead anyway. To support their case, I imagine the traffic engineers did their survey of the demand for parking in the area in the middle of the night. Steve Muir, of central city – I strongly support the plans to move car parks off the road though Woolston. Evidence shows a good cycle lane though there will likely improve business, not reduce it, and business owners need to get out of the ‘car parks outside equals money’ mentality. 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