Parents, pupils and staff from St Patrick's Grammar School turned out to protest a decision to merge 'Red High' with two other local schools, on Thursday morning.Many held placards and chanted “those consulted, not affected, those affected not consulted” in support of their stance.
He said that he felt that greater efforts could have been made to explore different avenues for change. Sheila Reynolds is the mum of a Year 11 pupil at the school, as well as daughter Chloe in P6 at a local primary school and who may end up at the proposed new school - she said they had no option but to protest.
Year 9 pupil Owen Rogan took part in the protest and said he was worried that he and his brothers may end up at different schools over the proposal.
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