Parents' dismay as school hailed for teaching special needs pupils faces closure [belfasttelegraph.co.uk]
- Published: 10 October 2011
A school highly praised for its work with special educational needs (Sen) pupils has been told it is facing closure.
Devastated parents whose children attend Knockmore Primary School in Lisburn were told the shock news by officials from the South Eastern Education and Library Board (SEELB) yesterday.
One in three children who attend the mainstream school are catered for in its special unit, which had to expand down the years due to increased demand.
Sybil Skelton from the SEELB told furious parents that if the school closed “the board will relocate the special needs children”.
But she couldn’t tell concerned parents, many of children with autism or speech difficulties, where, or even what type of school, they would be transferred to.
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