Parents from Notre Dame Primary have been left confused and angry by news that the Labour Council have put a hold on plans to merge pupils from Notre Dame Primary with St Peter’s Primary and Anderston Nursery into a new super campus at Dowanhill.

Glasgow’s Evening Times broke the news  that the project was now on hold as part of a review of all capital spend for the Executive Committee on 9th September. This news prompted the School’s Parent Council to contact all Councillors stating that ‘understandably parents/carers are extremely concerned that the past 6 years of consultation have been watsed and our children will possibly remain in buildings unfit for purpose.’

Confusion then set in with the Labour Executive Member for Education Bailie Jean McFadden claiming the funding hadn’t been frozen whilst SNP group Leader James Dornan said he had been previously advised funding was on hold till September. So one one hand Labour doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing and on the other the SNP had no problems with putting a hold on critical funding!

Parents deserve better than this and I’ve therefore written to the Chief Executive demanding urgent clarification on the current funding status of the new Dowanhill campus.

The Parent Council will be meeting on Monday 30th August at 6.30 and I hope the Labour Administration will finally get its act together and give parents the reassurance they need.

Update 26/08/10

Just been told by Officers that capital review report is delayed so freeze on work at Notre Dame is lifted and work will go ahead.