Posted here as I need as many signatures as possible
The governors of DS's local infant school have decided to close DS's pre-school in July 2011 as they want more space within the building for the Infant School. We're all completely gutted as it's a thriving little pre-school and the people who run it are amazing. The staff are devastated and they are madly trying to find new premises.
To add further insult, governors only informed parents and staff about the closure on 5th of March leaving very little time to organise new places for children in September. Most of the local pre-schools have already filled their places, leaving over twenty children with no place in September. It leaves the already overburdened pre-school provision in Guildford in crisis as another 52 places need to be found elsewhere. DD was due to start there in January, so now we're trying to get her name down wherever we can.
Ideally, there would be no change to the current arrangements, though we understand that this might not be viable long-term. At the very least, parents want at least one more academic year before closure, to allow the pre-school to find new premises and parents to find new places for their children.
Please sign our petition to help save his lovely school. I've posted this in chat too to get maximum exposure.
Here's our website for more information, we've also got a Facebook group, if you want to join...