DOZENS of pupils and parents staged a "strike" outside Bonnington Primary School today over plans to close it at Christmas.
Children carried placards with Save Our School messages, while a huge red banner reading "Bonnington Say No To Closure" was draped along the school railings.
Save our School And storytelling Very hard to miss Every day we work hard to save the school
Bonnington is a fantastic school On the stage P7s perform for us all Not easy to find a school like that Not easy to find at all I love Bonnington because everyone chats and plays Not a bad school, is it Great is a better word To describe my school, my way Oh yes, I forgot to say No schools should close today.
Committee in chaos as first closure hitlist schools named
Written by Admin
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Published Date: 12 June 2008
By GEMMA FRASER
EDUCATION bosses have revealed the first three schools to face the axe as the group tasked with drawing up the hitlist descended into chaos.
Three members of the cross-party forum considering the city's "rationalisation" plans walked out of yesterday's meeting in protest after a parent representative was ejected from the meeting.
The remaining five group members pressed ahead with the decision to announce plans for a consultation on the possible closure of Lismore, Bonnington and Westburn primaries.