IN advance of Wednesday's meeting the 'MAIL' spoke to some of the local politicians about the proposed College redevelopment.
UUP MLA George Savage commented: “I have reservations about rebuilding Lurgan College on the current site.”
He suggested the College may need to amalgamate with another school so there are enough pupils to merit more subjects.
“It’s important f
or the children to get the full curriculum they are entitled to,” he said.
“If the school stays where it is it could end up not achieving the aims it’s set out to do.”
He added he had no axe to grind with the “other side of the community” where Lurgan College is currently situated.
UUP MLA Samuel Gardiner said he would be going to the meeting to hear what the clergy have to say.
“I will be working in the interests of the people and families that go to the College,” he said.
A DUP spokesman said: "We are aware of the on-going concerns but do not wish to politicise the situation. We will take our lead from the community."
Independent Councillor Mark Russell, who is on the Board of Governors at Lurgan College, said he would be attending the meeting.
“I’m delighted with the funding that Lurgan College got to build a new school on the Lough Road. I’ll be at the meeting in my capacity as a councillor to listen to what other people have to say about the school.”
One ‘MAIL’ reader said: “Millions will be spent on a school that children have to be bussed in and out of. If they stay for extra curricular activities, in the interests of their own personal safety they have to be collected.
“Because of its location the wider Protestant community will be reluctant to avail themselves of the school’s recreational and other facilities.”
See letters on page 18.
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