Thursday, June 08, 2006
Exclusion appeal panels
(BBC) A head teacher in Manchester has been "forced" by an independent appeals panel to reinstate a pupil who had been found carrying a knife and guilty of violent conduct.
But it is the "independant appeals panel" setup that is the most ridiculuous thing here. From the article:-
They operate in relative secrecy: names of the members are not published, they meet behind closed doors and their deliberations are not published. But their decisions are binding on all involved.
WTF? Who invented this panel? The gestapo? If you were ever to create a "panel" that would be completely unnacountable to anyone, operate in complete secrecy, but have complete power over everyone, you would use the above as a template.
But it is the "independant appeals panel" setup that is the most ridiculuous thing here. From the article:-
They operate in relative secrecy: names of the members are not published, they meet behind closed doors and their deliberations are not published. But their decisions are binding on all involved.
WTF? Who invented this panel? The gestapo? If you were ever to create a "panel" that would be completely unnacountable to anyone, operate in complete secrecy, but have complete power over everyone, you would use the above as a template.
