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Sam - the reasons you and your fellow pupils could use for the resignation of the governors are as follows: 1. As governors their job was to govern and, as the Townend report clearly showed, they did not fulfil their responsibilities, especially in the critical period from 1975-85. This is the first...

Sam and Whitedevil - You should understand that Justice! has no connection to St James. He's got a bee in his bonnet about cults and stamps around barking out demands and orders. He's not typical.

Best wishes to Mr Cook - a good chap! I'd like to take up your challenge to meet Mr Boddy to discuss the need for the governors to resign. But would he want to meet me?

Sam Hyde and Whitedevil - calm down a moment and listen. Keir has probably presented it most completely so far. Take note. St James schools will not live or die from what is being said on this BB. But the sins of the fathers.... etc is in operation. That takes time to work through. While we're waiti...

Free Thinker - you have clearly not closed down your enquiry and I found your post thoughtful and clarifying. To find oneself having to go along with any philosophical or religious system when one doubts its veracity is difficult to say the least. My only caveat is that, throughout the ages, doubt h...

Thank you Goblinboy, Keir and Free Thinker for your posts and questions. I will try to answer these as best I can. There is nothing much I can add to your experiences of the day schools ? you are in a far better position to judge this than I am. You ask me why I left the School and why I returned. F...

I admire your guts, Sam, for entering the lions' den with your fists up! Please do, however, look to your spelling, it's like Nigel Molesworth on a particularly windy day. It's not waht parents want to hear.

It's fair enough what you ask. Since joining this BB nearly a year ago I've been looking for an opportunity to introduce myself but - like the wallflower at a dance - have wondered if I had anything to contribute which might be helpful or welcome. I joined the School years ago in my early twenties s...

No word from Justice! on his identity or why he's posting on this BB. Fair to assume that he's from one of the 'save you from a cult' organisations that he's so keen to promote?

Justice! You have ignored the thread asking you to introduce yourself. Please do so, stating your connection - if any - to St James.

I don't think Justice! has any connection with St James or the School. He's more interested in poking with a pointy stick to impede any kind of resolution. That's his agenda.

The uniform sports a shell which is usually the symbol of St James, the patron saint of pilgrims.

Stream of consciousness was never a very stylish look, Zathura. Have a care for your readers - otherwise it's just self-indulgence. Put the editing sieve in place - it saves such a lot of time.

Please Justice! try not to be intimidating yourself. There is no law in this country that I am aware of that prohibits people chattering in a playground. Both Zathura and mm could be more or less accurate. I suspect that the number of children withdrawn from St James will be more than Zathura is cur...

Keir - I do know that the SES and St James were very dismissive about feelings and emotions - perhaps a hangover from Ouspensky days? But there have been significant changes in that department, much more lovingly for the better. This is not to dismiss the hurt you felt when at school but it is to su...