Dad's praise for South Primary School

Oct 2 2008

It is with great sadness, that I am taking my daughter Heather, out of South Primary School.

I should point out however, that the only reason behind this, is that the family is moving out of Paisley altogether.

 Had we decided to stay in the Paisley area, Heather would have remained a pupil at South Primary, for what we would have expected to have been, the entirety of her primary education.

To state that I can't speak highly enough of South Primary, would be a complete understatement, as the school provides an optimum level of schooling, in every area.

This speaks volumes for the staff, as I am quite sure the level attained has been a great struggle, particularly with the education department. 

The level of sheer commitment from the teaching staff alone, is unquestionably high, and the parental involvement at the school leaves a real sense of community, which I am proud to have been a part of.

In view of all this, you can imagine my utter dismay, when I saw headlines in the local Paisley Express, which stated the school was to be closed.

The insanity of such a decision is beyond my reasonable thinking, and it would take something sensational to convince me, that closing South Primary was a good idea.

I would urge everyone in the local community, to get behind fighting the proposal to close South primary.

To my knowledge, the SNP are behind the proposal (together with the Lib-Dem), which in itself is a travesty. The SNP is the party which claims to be in favour of smaller class sizes, yet it wants to close schools.

The SNP claim to be for the people of Scotland, yet it wants to destroy Scottish communities. The councillor's of the SNP, and indeed the Lib-Dem's that are prepared to follow them, ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves, for their disgraceful actions.

I had hoped that one day, Heather could return to South Primary as an adult, and recollect her happy times there, as a small child.

Let's all hope that for her sake, and more importantly, the wider communities sake, that she gets that chance.

Iain Codona.