'Ambassadors' not governors

The plan to allow trusts to remove all parent governors is part of the White Paper on academies, published before the latest plans for another change of direction in the Green Paper on grammar schools.

But under existing academy rules, chains are not required to have parent governors in individual schools.

These were replaced by parent "ambassadors" who do not have the powers of scrutiny held by governors.

They have a role "celebrating the academy's achievements" rather than holding the school to account.

E-Act had itself faced questions over standards, when in 2014 the academy chain lost control of 10 of its schools after Ofsted inspectors raised serious concerns about their performance.

The levels of scrutiny of academy chains has remained controversial.

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has called for the educationRegionalizing District 11 touted as money-saving option for trio of towns

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Sep 9, 2017 at 5:40 PMSep 9, 2017 at 9:04 PM

By Stephanie Menders smenders@norwichbulletin.com

A cluster of schools in Windham County may regionalize their efforts next year after a recommendation from a committee tasked with studying the addition and withdrawal of grades for Regional District 11.

The committee, consisting of residents from the towns of Chaplin, Hampton and Scotland, has recommended adding pre-kindergarten through grade 6 to the school system, which includes Parish Hill School. Roughly 250 students in grades 7-12 from the trio of towns are enrolled in the middle/high school.

The committee and advising attorney from the state's Department of Education submitted a formal report to each town recommending regionalization. In accordance with state statutes, the proposal must go