/BHSAlumni%20AssocClassNotes.htm) is not here. BHS pension trustees and sale advisors questioned by Committees The Work and Pensions and Business, Innovation and Skills Committees take evidence as part of their respective inquiries into the BHS pensions, sale and acquisition. Watch Parliament TV: BHS Inquiry: Pension Protection Fund and Pensions Regulator Work and Pensions Committee Wednesday 25 May 2016, Wilson Room, Portcullis House Panel 1: BHS Current Pension Fund Trustees Panel 2: BHS Pension Fund former Trustees Margaret Downes (former Chair) Panel 3: Advisers to Retail Acquisitions Ltd. David Roberts, Partner, Olswang Paul Martin, Partner, Grant Thornton Andrew Frangos, Chief Executive, Cornhill Capital Questions raised by Pension Regulator's interaction with BHS The Pension Regulator’s "worrying" timeline of their interaction with BHS, published late yesterday, raises a number of questions for the trustees tomorrow morning, as well as other key players - including more for TPR themselves.
Why did the Regulator seemingly have no contact with BHS between expressing concerns about the 2012 valuation in March 2011 and being told it would be late in June 2013? Why was so little progress made on scrutinising that valuation - and its 23 year recovery plan - between its receipt in September 2013 and the Regulator hearing about Project Thor in June 2014? The Regulator repeatedly asked the trustees to request further information on Project Thor from Arcadia and their advisers Deloitte between July and September 2014. Why was this not forthcoming? Why was the Regulator not at the table for meetings on Thor and, with the exception of the meeting on 4 March 2015, the sale? What happened at the meeting between Sir Philip Green, the Regulator, the trustees and advisers on 4 March 2015? And why was the Regulator still "working on" a follow up letter when they heard that BHS had been sold? Read Lesley Titcomb's reply to Frank Field MP regarding the Pensions Regulator inquiry into BHS (PDF 125KB)
Further questions for sales advisers Further questions that the Committees have to the advisors on all aspects of the sale include: What checks did advisors carry out on Retail Acquisitions Ltd? Did Arcadia act as responsible sellers of BHS? Did Retail Acquisitions Ltd have credible plans for BHS? Who was looking after the interests of pension scheme members? Frank Field MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, said: "Project Thor looks like a great missed opportunity for BHS and its pensioners. We have only begun exploring the circumstances of its failure but the evidence paints a worrying picture of the last 18 months of Sir Philip Green’s tenure at BHS. It seems that on offer then was a bigger pension than they now might get from the PPF. The build-up to the sale to Dominic Chappell is murkier still. We will be asking key players to further enlighten us." Iain Wright MP, Chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee said:
"We heard evidence on Monday that Sir Philip Green & Arcadia knew, via Goldman Sachs, of Dominic Chappell’s bankruptcies and his lack of retail experience. We heard that they would have been aware of this 4 months before the deal was finally done and yet they went ahead and sold BHS to Chappell’s RAL consortium. We now want to hear from RAL's advisers what steps they took to establish that Dominic Chappell had a credible business plan to turn around BHS." On 8 June, the Committees will question BHS management, the RAL Board, and Dominic Chappell. On 15 June, the Committees will question Sir Philip Green. The Committees are holding separate inquiries relating to BHS but these evidence sessions will be held jointly. Work and Pensions Committee: Pension Protection Fund and Pensions Regulator inquiry Business, Innovation and Skills Committee: The sale and acquisition of BHS inquiry About Parliament: Select committees Visiting Parliament: Watch committees
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Students enjoy flexible seating arrangements in English teacher Garnet Gilbreath's class.December 9, 2016Filed under Campus Life Students walking into the class notice that it doesn’t look like an ordinary classroom because of the different seating choices such as high tables with stools, exercise balls, big beanbags, a long carpet covered with pillows, a long couch, a rocking chair, and about three regular desks. Students get excited because none of the other classes have this type of seating. “I did six months’ worth of research to see what the best environment for high school kids would be to learn in,” sophomore teacher Garnet Gilbreath said “I asked different students and I read different articles and I did surveys and things like that.This type of seating, like in a café or bistro, appealed to all types of students. I have traditional student seating at a desk available, or if you are more comfortable reading on the floor or writing on an armchair, then you have that option in here.
It’s just better learning for all kids.” According to educator Kayla Delzer, this type of seating has many different benefits for students from having a better health to improving their grades. These 52 benefits include burning more calories, using up excess energy, improving metabolism, increased motivation and engagement, creating a better oxygen flow to the brain and improving core strength and overall posture. “It affects their learning in a positive way,” Gilbreath said. “It is more difficult if you don’t have good expectations for students. For example, if they come in and they don’t necessarily know how to interact with the environment, then yes, it would not be good for them. From the very first day of school and every day since, reminding them why I’m doing this for them and how to act in an environment like this is very important. This is the best learning environment for all the kids. It’s totally beneficial to them once they understand how to act.”
Although many teachers do not seem to understand that not all students learn by sitting in a uncomfortable desk, they surely think that they are doing what’s best for their students. When students walk past a classroom that has different colors of dim light, it grabs their attention and they peek in. They see the large couch, large bean bags seats and pillows and hope that other teachers would do the same because it seems like a comfortable environment to work in. “Mostly my reaction from students has been like ‘Oh my gosh, this is so amazing. Thank you so much for doing this. “And from other students that I do not have in class they’re like ‘man, why didn’t you do this for us last year?’ Or ‘man why can’t all teachers be this way?’ It does take a lot of time and management, and this is why it’s not something school wide.” Students mention that this arrangement of seating benefits their way of learning in a positive way. “If anything it benefits us,” Sophomore Sutton Lindsley said.