Wakeman School closure - calls to bombard council
Parents and pupils at Shropshire's only under-threat secondary school have been told to "bombard" council chiefs in a bid to keep it open. Parents and pupils at Shropshire's only under-threat secondary school have been told to "bombard" council chiefs in a bid to keep it open. Beverley Baker, Shropshire councillor for Bagley, told people to write letters to Shropshire showing support for the Wakeman School in Shrewsbury. People have also been urged to attend a protest outside Shirehall on Tuesday to show the strength of feeling over the closure plan. More than 200 people attended a meeting at the school last night, where pupils said campaigns had been set up on social networking websites within hours of the announcement. Full story in today's paper
Parents and pupils at Shropshire's only under-threat secondary school have been told to "bombard" council chiefs in a bid to keep it open.
Beverley Baker, Shropshire councillor for Bagley, told people to write letters to Shropshire showing support for the Wakeman School in Shrewsbury.
People have also been urged to attend a protest outside Shirehall on Tuesday to show the strength of feeling over the closure plan.
More than 200 people attended a meeting at the school last night, where pupils said campaigns had been set up on social networking websites within hours of the announcement.
Under the plans the school faces closure in July 2013, with pupils transferring to Meole Brace School.
Karen Moore, headteacher, said: "We are the first point of the proposals, they have not been put to the council and there is still a long way to go."
Councillor Baker said: "Parents need to bombard the cabinet. I believe in this school and I want it to stay open because it is working for our children."
A meeting will take place at 3.30pm today at Barrow CE Primary School, in Broseley, and parents, teachers and pupils at Onny Primary School in Onibury, near Craven Arms, will also meet at 3.15pm at their school today.
