School kids in Hamilton have voices heard on how funding should be spent

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Pupils in Hamilton have had their say on how funding should be spent in their schools.At the Hamilton Area Committee meeting earlier this week, the participatory budgeting programme was discussed and highlighted how school children had a chance to put forward their views on how money should be spent.Participatory budgeting forms part of the Pupil Equity Fund which is allocated to schools and allows pupils, parents and staff to vote on how funding should be spent.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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I think it’s been a hugely worthwhile exercise, I know that in my own patch the six primary schools have been working in really innovative ways to bring this to the attention of pupils and parents and staff.“I’m just amazed at how quickly the kids, parents and teachers adapted to the idea of participatory budgeting when it took a lot of our councillors a lot longer to come to terms with it.”At the meeting, participatory budgeting in two Hamilton schools was discussed, and the schools who shared their outcomes were Woodside Primary School and Hamilton Grammar School.Pupils from Woodside Primary decided to spend funding on curricular school trips and