Tomlinscote and Kings Merger Meeting on Thursday 26th May at Lakeside

CAM – Campaign Against

1.  

   CAM collecting signatures in Park Street

2.  

   CAM meets Mchael Gove at the Surrey Heath Literary Festival on Saturday

Merger – is working hard to raise awareness for their campaign to keep

Tomlinscote and Kings International separate. 

You may have seen them in and around Camberley wearing bright orange

T-shirts bearing the acronym CAM!   On Saturday 14th May CAM were

collecting signatures in Park Street, on Friday 20th May attended

the meeting of the SCC Education Select Committee (click here to see the

statement read out at the meeting) and last Saturday 22nd May representatives met with Michael Gove, Surrey Heath's MP and

the Secretary of State for Education after he presented prizes and certificates

to the winners of the Surrey Heath Literary Festival Short Story Competition.

On Thursday 19th May CAM  invited local

councillors, representative from Surrey County Council and local businesses to

join them on a walk between the two schools. 

The walk was planned to coincide with National Walk to School Week

and its purpose was to see the problems and obstacles pupils will have to

negotiate on their journey to school should the merger proposals be accepted.

It is not too late to get involved, sign the petition or

attend a meeting!  Surrey County Council

is holding consultation meetings at Lakeside

next week.  On Thursday 26th

May there will be a meeting for prospective parents of both Tomlinscote and

Kings International from 5.00pm – 6.45pm and from 7.00pm to 9.00pm a meeting

for the wider community.

If you don't think it affects you, CAM

point out that alongside the educational issues, there are major consequences

for traffic in the area:

• Can

  you imagine the impact of 500+ car journeys around Frimley Park

  Hospital every

  morning and afternoon?

• For

  those living close to the school sites, consider the chaos that will ensue

  with hundreds more parents trying to drop off their children around your

  home

• The

  environmental impact of journeys by car that would previously have been

  made on foot.

CAM would like your support!  You can even buy an orange CAM

T-shirt to show your support visibly.

Email "I support CAM" to

tomlinscote.kings.nomerger@gmail.com, visit the websites KeepKings.org and CampaignAgainstMerger and Facebook