United protest to save threatened school

Oct 6 2008 by Gemma Castle, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

UNITED PROTEST TO SAVE CASTLE HALL

Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik was also at the protest and pledged to do everything in his power to keep the school open.

He said he could see no reasonable explanation as to warrant getting rid of a perfectly good establishment.

“We have got a great community school here and there seems to be no justification whatsoever for wanting to close it down. The local community support it, pupils and their parents support it, and the teachers enjoy being here.

“What the council need to realise is that they are not just planning to shut down a school but they would effectively be ripping the heart of the community and it simply isn’t right.”