Philip Rycroft
Dec 8th, 2005 by Don Ledingham
9-12.00 Business Continuity scenario exercise This exercise had been set up by Steven McLachlan (the Councils Emergency Planning Officer) and Chris Lawson (our Health and Safety Officer). When I first met Steven and Chris to chat about emergency planning I was worried that we didnt seem to have any emergency plans in place in the event of a school being destroyed, etc. The point of the exercise was to work through such a scenario with a view to pinpointing our weaknesses and hopefully taking some action to address them. The event was a great success and certainly did prove that there are a number of things that we could put in place which would help us in the event of such an emergency.
12.30-1.00pmMeeting with Jill Dryburgh , Chair of the East Lothian Early Years and Childcare Partnership about our failure to fulfil our promise relating to early tears due to budget reductions to pay for the nursery nurse pay rise. I think the meeting was useful but the committee is keen to find out more about why funds have been redirected form their original target.
1.30- 5.00pm Meeting with Philip Rycroft, Head of Schools, Scottish Executive. Alan Borthwick, responsible for all our job-sizing, NQTs and students, came with me and Donald Henderson, Head of Teachers Division was also in attendance. Ill post up the results of our chat next week once Ive had a chance to confirm a few points.
