Letter campaign is latest stage of Wakeman School fight
Parents are to write letters to show their support for an under-threat Shrewsbury secondary school as the fight to save it continues. Parents are to write letters to show their support for an under-threat Shrewsbury secondary school as the fight to save it continues. The Wakeman School and Arts College will hold a campaign workshop on July 20 as it continues to highlight the importance of keeping the school on the edge of the town centre open. The school is the only secondary on a list earmarked for closure by Shropshire Council. Reports on primary schools facing closure are due to be unveiled tomorrow before their fate is discussed by councillors at a meeting of the authority's cabinet on July 20. But a second consultation process has been launched for the Wakeman and its fate will not be decided until September 7.
Parents are to write letters to show their support for an under-threat Shrewsbury secondary school as the fight to save it continues.
The Wakeman School and Arts College will hold a campaign workshop on July 20 as it continues to highlight the importance of keeping the school on the edge of the town centre open.
The school is the only secondary on a list earmarked for closure by Shropshire Council.
Reports on primary schools facing closure are due to be unveiled tomorrow before their fate is discussed by councillors at a meeting of the authority's cabinet on July 20.
But a second consultation process has been launched for the Wakeman and its fate will not be decided until September 7.
Today Karen Moore, headteacher at the Wakeman School, said: "We have got a campaign workshop for parents on July 20.
"It will be a drop-in workshop where people can write some letters and design artwork to help out the cause and the reasons to keep it going.
"The letters will be part of the submission as part of the consultation and also to local councillors.
"A lot of parents also enjoyed doing the signs we did last time and will be looking at what else we can do to promote the school," she added.
Governors at the school last month announced they would apply for academy status in a bid to save it from the axe.
They said they had been negotiating with a number of established and well-respected trust organisations to reach a partnership which will secure the future of the school.
If the school is successful in its bid it would be removed from local authority control.
Mrs Moore added: "We're still looking at academy status and are in negotiations with possible partners."
She said she was delighted with the support the school had received from the wider community in the county town.
"We've been overwhelmed by the level of support we've had from our parents and the wider community," she continued.
"We want to make sure that councillors are also aware of the level of support that we have."
