Local Liberal Democrat County Councillor Allan Siao Ming Witherick has given a grant of £500 to a local anti-bullying project for parents run by Nexus. He said: “I suffered bullying as a child myself so know the long lasting effects it can have on individuals and their families first hand. My hope is that this […]

Local Liberal Democrat Councillor Melvyn Teare had an email on Tuesday 4 January which said: “In case you are not already aware, Mouchel (apparently on behalf of Herts Highways) have been carrying out measurements of the junction of Sandridgebury Lane with Harpenden Road.”  The resident went on to ask if we could check what was […]

With the parliamentary party in government, Liberal Democrats often get asked why are they in a coalition with the Tories. Have “we” given up our principles for power? Do we agree with what the coalition government is doing? All kinds of different questions, especially in light of recent entrapment exercises with the press which showed […]

The consultation on Hertfordshire school admissions arrangements for 2012/2013 opens on January 4. The county council is seeking feedback from parents, carers, schools and community groups on its admission arrangements for September 2012. After last year’s decision to change to a system of straight line measurement for home-school distances, the county council is proposing no […]

Changes being proposed by the Tory County Councillors could see increased congestion and the school run getting worse across Hertfordshire, in particular Harpenden Road which feeds schools such as STAGS. The Tories want to reduce the current system to only the legal minimum. Instead schools will be exepcted to make their own arrangements- not the […]

After years of pressure from Liberal Democrat County Councillors the Tory run Council is finally getting it’s act together and looking at a new school in the centre of St Albans. Cllr Allan Siao Ming Witherick represents Marshalswick South on schooling issues and has been fighting for some time. “I take a three pronged approach: […]

I was one of the last to get a full grant, before fees came in. Working every single weekend in a supermarket was part of the way I paid for it, yet some how many others found ways to drink every night. I was one of those who lobbied parliament, to try and ensure that […]

The Herts County Council website seems not to be coping with snow traffic (surprise!). The above link will take you straight to school closures. (Thanks to Lib Dem county website: www.sixtofix.co.uk) http://www.imodus.com/summary.aspx?company=99 Weather update 30 November 2010 for Batchwood and Marshalswick secondary schools. STAGS: “wear warm clothes and sensible footwear” Townsend: School OPEN but make […]

This week I, Councillor Allan Siao Ming Witherick, met with the new head mistress of St Albans Girls School which sits just to the East of Harpenden Road. This was an opportunity to look around the school site and see the conditions that the pupils work in and to hear about their proposals for the […]

The uniforms are sorted out, shoes polished, bags packed (yet another new pencil case) and back at school. But what about next year? If you’ve got a child in year 6 who is due to move to secondary school next year you need to be applying now!  Ideally you need to apply by Friday 22 […]