Laurel, Melinda,their kids and I attended the meeting last night. Very interesting. Half the councillors got up and said that they supported our position on the primary school site - that a school on the site was the best outcome and that the education department was performing with enormous selfishness and greed - and then they all voted against our position. No that isn't fair; they voted for a compromise which got as much public land for us in one spot as they thought possible, and which preserved as much as possible of the school buildings so that a community school may still buy the site (though at market rates they would need to be a rich community). I attach here the maps showing the reserved land and the land saved for trees. The full report is at Monash Council (click on this link or directly on) http://www.monash.vic.gov.au/reports/papers123.htm
And we have made it very clear that we don't consider ourselves bound by any agreement between the council and the department concerning the secondary school site. We aren't doing too badly. Marian
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