The debate about school closures in the interior has raged recently. Today it will be decided. The 57 representatives in the county council in Innlandet will decide what the new school and service structure will look like in the county. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. and school matters are planned to be discussed first. Four hours have been set aside for the treatment. The majority, which consists of the Labor Party, Høgre and the Green Party, will most likely decide to close down two secondary schools and four schools. These are Skarnes and Dokka secondary schools, as well as the schools Sønsterud and Flisa in Solør, and Dombås and Lom in Nord-Gudbrandsdalen. Dispute over numbers Both the county administration and several politicians point to falling student numbers in the coming years as a background for closing the schools. These figures are disputed in several hearings, for example by the action group Interdisciplinary Working Group for the Future School in the Interior (TAFI). They also believe that the outcome of the case is not good enough. – The basis of the case has hardly any assessments of what is in the child’s best interest in the school structure case. The section devoted to elucidating this only states what each individual school’s responsibility is according to the Education Act. It is too thin, says Hanna Gjeilo Skjåkødegård from TAFI. Head of competence and dental health in Innlandet county municipality, Aasa Gjestvang, explained this in the county council on Tuesday afternoon. Gjestvang and the administration conclude that the best thing for the students in the interior as a whole is to adapt the school structure more in line with the actual student base. County mayor Thomas Breen has previously stated that the numbers presented are good enough. We explain the school case in Innlandet Enormous commitment The school case has created enormous commitment and on Tuesday over a thousand pupils turned up in Hamar to fight for their schools. County mayor Thomas Breen (Ap), county deputy mayor Hanne Velure (H) and group leader for MDG in the county Johannes Wahl Gran met the students outside the county hall. – The reason why we are where we are is that we have not had a birth surplus for 50 years in Inlandet. It is the case that we have been losing pupils from our schools for a long time, and we see that this will continue. That applies regardless of the statistics debate, says Breen. Thomas Breen, Hanne Velure and Johannes Gran received over 7,000 signatures on Tuesday. Photo: Reidar Gregersen / news Can go towards a political thriller It can still go towards a political thriller in the county council today, since the majority is hardly possible. Only two defectors are needed to tip the majority over to the opposite side. The opposition with the Center Party, the Socialist Left Party, the Christian People’s Party, the Red Party, the Liberal Party, the Industry and Business Party and the Pensioners Party will postpone the entire school issue, while the Progress Party with its five representatives will introduce free school choice where the money follows the students. – Our starting point is that we only vote for our own proposal, and against the other proposals that have been presented so far, says Truls Gihlemoen, group leader for the Inlandet Fremskrittsparti. On Tuesday evening, news Innlandet was in contact with all three group leaders who hold power in the county council. Thomas Breen, county mayor from the Labor Party, Hanne Velure, deputy county mayor from Høgre, and Johannes Wahl Green from the Green Party are all sure that their 30 representatives are determined to say yes to the proposal to close the schools. – We have an active and living party democracy in the Labor Party. They are governed by statutes decided by the National Assembly. There it is that the majority decides, says Breen. An estimated over a thousand students showed up to protest. Photo: Frode Meskau / news Speech Maria Krohn Engvik, known as Health Sister, made an appeal from the stage. Photo: Frode Meskau / news County mayor Thomas Breen, county deputy mayor Hanne Velure and group leader for MDG in the county Johannes Wahl Gran met the students outside the county hall. Photo: Reidar Gregersen / news The artist Matoma stood side by side with the students. Photo: Reidar Gregersen / news Pupils from all over the interior met in front of the county hall in Hamar. Photo: Frode Meskau / news These meetings at the county council today There are 57 representatives in the county council and the majority consists of the Labor Party, Høgre and the Green Party, which has 30 representatives. The Labor Party (18 representatives): Thomas Breen (Hamar) Iselin Vistekleiven (Vågå) Tom Svellet (East Toten) Minja Tea Dzamarija (Kongsvinger) Per-Gunnar Sveen (Elverum) Ingrid Tønseth Myhr (West Toten) Hans Kristian Enge (Lillehammer) Hassan Abdirasaaq (Stange) Linnea Lie Holen (Sør-Fron) Inger Torun Klosbøle (Nord-Aurdal) Kai Adsen (Eidskog) Turid Backe-Viken (Trysil) Tom Tvedt (Nord-Fron) Randi Eek Thorsen (Gran) Thor Arne Hauge (Gjøvik) Anne Karin Torp Adolfsen (Løten) Thomas Langeland Jørgensen (Hamar) Ida Bårdseng (Folldal) Høgre (10 representatives) Hanne Alstrup Velure (Lesja) Joakim Ekseth (Elverum) Anne Bjertnæs (Gjøvik) Vegard Riseng (Nord-Aurdal) Tirill BM Langleite ( Alvdal) Inger Lise Sveum-Aasbekken (Søndre Land) Åse Harjo Øvstegård (Øyer) Mats Ellingsen (Lillehammer) Arne Enger (Østre Toten) Joanna Randmæl-Warpe (Kongsvinger) Green Party (2 representatives) Johannes Christian Wahl Gran (Lillehammer) Suhur Lorch-Falch (Eidskog) Center Party (10 representatives) Aud Gunnhild Hove (Skjåk) Ole Mathias Rønaasen (Grue) Mari Gjestvang (Ringsaker) Olav Røssum (Nord-Fron) Minde Storsnes (Trysil) Bente Fossum (Folldal) Bergljot Older (Vang) Pål-Arne Oulie (Gran) Ole André Storsnes (Trysil) Bro Helgestad (Eastern Toten) Framstegpartiet (5 representatives) Truls Gihlemoen (Stange) Wenche Kristin Haug Almestrand (Lillehammer) Lars Terje Høiendal Rem (Eastern Toten) Marit Ophus (Ringsaker) Jostein Kristiansen (Hamar) Socialist Left Party (3 representatives) Anne Lise Fredlund (Lillehammer) Bjørnar Tollan Jordet (Tolga) Mai Bakken (Lom) Pensioners’ Party (2 representatives) Gunn Marit Lindmoen (Våler) Rune Sørlie (Åsnes) Rødt (2 representatives) Svein Birger Ørsnes (Hamar) Marit Gunvor Juvem (Lillehammer) Liberal Party (2 representatives) Stig Vaagan (Hamar) Ketil Kjenseth (Gjøvik) Industrial and Business Party (2 representatives) Tom Håvard Noreng (Ringsaker) Jack Hatlen (Ringsaker) Kristeleg Folkeparti (1 representative) Oluf Maurud (Ringsaker) Source: Innlandet County Municipality Published 23.10.2024, at 07.43
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