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		<title>Mirfield Reporter - Schools shake-up</title> 
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		<description>Kirklees Council&amp;#39;s school shake-up plans include closing Castle Hall school and merging it with The Mirfield Free Grammar &amp;#40;MFG&amp;#41;. MFG with Heckmondwike Grammar School would provide sixth form education for the whole of North Kirklees.</description> 
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	<title>Brighter Schools for Mirfield?</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Brighter-Schools-for-Mirfield.4604449.jp</link> 
	<description>THE biggest shake up of education ever in North Kirklees was announced on September 9, 2008.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:21:36 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Castle Hall protesters take fight to PM</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Castle-Hall-protesters-take-fight.4604665.jp</link> 
	<description>HUNDREDS of people in Mirfield have joined an action group to protest against the proposed closure of Castle Hall school.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:44:03 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Castle hall vows to fight</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Castle-hall-vows-to-fight.4604657.jp</link> 
	<description>STAFF and governors at Mirfield's Castle Hall School have vowed to fight Kirklees Council's closure plans, announced last week.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:40:14 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>'Appalling' schools plan lambasted</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/39Appalling39-schools-plan-lambasted.4604643.jp</link> 
	<description>RADICAL plans for the future of Mirfield's secondary education have met with huge public opposition this week.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:33:03 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Heads' fears over schools plans</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Heads39-fears-over-schools-plans.4604595.jp</link> 
	<description>MIRFIELD Free Grammar chiefs have slammed the shake-up plans and urged parents to fight them.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:18:49 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>NUT slams plans</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/NUT-slams-plans.4604534.jp</link> 
	<description>KIRKLEES teachers' trade union has slammed the council's Brighter Futures proposals it believes are 'fundamentally flawed'. </description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Castle Hall REACHes for survival</title>
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	<description>MORE than 600 supporters of a Mirfield high school's battle to save itself from closure gathered last Saturday to spell out a message to Kirklees Council. </description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:51:26 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Cabinet should let us all decide, says councillor</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Cabinet-should-let-us-all.4604555.jp</link> 
	<description>SOS will literally be the message sent out by Mirfield pupils tomorrow.
Pupils from Castle Hall will gather at the school's playing fields to spell the message out and ma</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:08:48 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Save Our School</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Save-Our-School.4604472.jp</link> 
	<description>MIRFIELD people desperately fighting to save their high school gathered on playing fields to send out a clear message to Kirklees Council - Save Our School. </description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:35:27 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Emergency headteacher meeting</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Emergency-headteacher-meeting.4604524.jp</link> 
	<description>MIRFIELD and Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik has called an emergency meeting with headteachers to discuss Kirklees Council's plans for the town's schools' futures. </description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:56:52 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Mirfield head warns - say no to all</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Mirfield-head-warns--say.4604525.jp</link> 
	<description>A MIRFIELD headteacher has warned parents they must say no to the whole of Kirklees Council's Brighter Futures school plans to get the best education for their children.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Pupils speak up for Castle Hall</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Pupils-speak-up-for-Castle.4604463.jp</link> 
	<description>PUPILS from a Mirfield school earmarked for closure have spoken out against the plans. </description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:29:52 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Schools opposition grows day by day</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Schools-opposition-grows-day-by.4601885.jp</link> 
	<description>THE battle to preserve Mirfield's secondary education is gaining support day by day.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>MP and heads to consider alternative plans</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/MP-and-heads-to-consider.4604497.jp</link> 
	<description>AN alternative schools plan will be drawn up by Dewsbury and Mirfield MP Shahid Malik and school heads.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>March to save school</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/March-to-save-school.4601731.jp</link> 
	<description>REACH parents' group has organised a march through Mirfield and Ravensthorpe in protest over the Brighter Futures proposals.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:52:33 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>BSF talks postponed after massive public response</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/BSF-talks-postponed-after-massive.4601723.jp</link> 
	<description>THE council has promised 'line-by-line' analysis of the huge public feedback on school shake-up plans.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Tories face the chop over plans</title>
	<link>http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/schools-shakeup/Tories-face-the-chop-over.4601704.jp</link> 
	<description>COUNCILLORS arriving at Huddersfield Town Hall for their monthly meeting on Wednesday were greeted with chants of 'save our schools' from parents and pupils fighting f</description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:50:25 GMT</pubDate>
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