You are right, he didn't make the decision alone but he was the Councillor in charge, the one who made the speeches for it and the one who pleaded with the with councillors to vote in support of his proposal as the Cabinet member for Education. So, yes, he had an extremely powerful role and at any point could have stepped in to listen to parental concern (and official deputations) to amend the proposals. He chose not to. He also chose to ignore all subsequent contact with the parents and vulnerable children affected.To be clear, my points are not regarding transport - that's another cut - they are about the disbanding and redundancies of a team of expert Autism specialists who served the borough with an excellent service for years and kept many families from plunging into mental health, self harm and worse situations. They offered many times to come in on their days off when crisis levels were reached and supported autistic children to stay in mainstream education.As you say, you have never worked there but as a parent who was involved in the consultations, delegations and pleading for these top rate services to be saved from the cull, I can assure you that Will Sweet had a pivotal role in making it happen. Sadly, our families are all now living with lifelong consequences of this.
Fiona Anderson ● 2549d