Expression of Interest withdrawn

[Paul Welsh]

Great news in the Monday letter today:

http://www.st-bernards.slough.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/monday-letter-612-2010.pdf
"The Northamptonshire Diocese ... have now officially withdrawn the
Expression of Interest ... regarding the potential merger of St
Bernard's and St Joseph's. This means that Governors can now plan for
the future of the school and in due course they will be contacting
parents with regards to fund raising and improving the provision for
students."

[Luisa Sykes]

Wonderful News! We can now enjoy Christmas! I also want to express big thanks to Tony, Paul Welsh and Paul Dodgshun for their hard  work and commitment to ‘our cause’!!! You guys kept us believing and hoping.....

Three cheers!!!!!!!!

 

Warm wishes to all of you

Luisa

 

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Hooray -- happy Christmas!!

 

A particular heartfelt thank you to Tony and the Pauls and all who so meticulously

and diligently worked for this result.  It has been a brilliant campaign with all credit

to the power of parents.

 

Best wishes to all,

Susy and family

 

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[ni...@cre.org.uk]

Great news!

Well done everyone and all best wishes,

Nick.

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[eileen....@aib.ie]

Well done boys. For keeping us up to date on everything that has been happening over the past months.

And now you have given us the best news for Christmas. My girls will be over the moon.

Regards

Eileen O'Brien

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Subject: [ssb] Expression of Interest withdrawn

Great news in the Monday letter today:

http://www.st-bernards.slough.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/monday-letter-612-2010.pdf
"The Northamptonshire Diocese ... have now officially withdrawn the
Expression of Interest ... regarding the potential merger of St
Bernard's and St Joseph's.  This means that Governors can now plan for
the future of the school and in due course they will be contacting
parents with regards to fund raising and improving the provision for
students."

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[Dionne Wright]

Fantastic news! I'd also like to join the others to say thank you to everyone especially Paul Dodgshun, Tony and Paul Welsh in helping to empower and support others and I to continue with this cause and keeping us well informed throughout.

Wishing everyone a great Christmas!!!!
 
Dionne
 

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[roydt...@tiscali.co.uk]

A big,big thank you to all involved in achieving this brilliant result,
hope everyone has a wonderful christmas,Roy and Fil Taylor

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[Jackie]

Hi Paul

Just like to say Thank you very much for all your hard work. What a
wonderful result!

Happy Christmas

Regards

Jackie Finnigan

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Fabulous news.......excellent work on keeping us all informed, and thank you for all your hard work..  Is there a way that we could let all feeders schools know this good news, as certain schools eg St Frances from Ascot have not sent anyone to St Bernards for 3 years....just a thought

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas and New Year

 

Yvonne

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"The Northamptonshire Diocese ... have now officially withdrawn the
Expression of Interest ... regarding the potential merger of St
Bernard's and St Joseph's.  This means that Governors can now plan for
the future of the school and in due course they will be contacting
parents with regards to fund raising and improving the provision for
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[susy shearer]

A brilliant suggestion, Yvonne.  Particularly for those children awaiting their 11+ results

(next week!) and wondering whether they'd commit to St.B's if offered a place...  In fact,

it could be worthwhile alerting all private primary and state middle schools with pupils

and families who would normally include St.B's in their range of choices....

Susy

 

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[osl...@aol.com]

Fantastic news! All the hard work has been worth it.
Thank you to Save St Bernard's group.

Regards

Jacinta O'Sullivan

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Great news!
Well done everyone and all best wishes,
Nick.

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[mailto:save-st-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Luisa Sykes
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Wonderful News! We can now enjoy Christmas! I also want to express big
thanks to Tony, Paul Welsh and Paul Dodgshun for their hard  work and
commitment to ‘our cause’!!! You guys kept us believing and

hoping.....Three cheers!!!!!!!! Warm wishes to all of youLuisa From:

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[mailto:save-st-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of susy shearer
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 Hooray -- happy Christmas!!
 
A particular heartfelt thank you to Tony and the Pauls and all who so
meticulously
and diligently worked for this result.  It has been a brilliant
campaign with all credit
to the power of parents.
 
Best wishes to all,
Susy and family
 

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To: save-st-...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, 6 December, 2010 14:26:31
Subject: [ssb] Expression of Interest withdrawn

Great news in the Monday letter today:

http://www.st-bernards.slough.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/monday-letter-612-2010.pdf
"The Northamptonshire Diocese ... have now officially withdrawn the
Expression of Interest ... regarding the potential merger of St
Bernard's and St Joseph's.  This means that Governors can now plan for
the future of the school and in due course they will be contacting
parents with regards to fund raising and improving the provision for
students."

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.....good idea but we need to get the info to the parents.  Unless the school puts an announcement in the local press???

[susy shearer]

Yes, exactly.  I know our old school made any information about secondary schools available

directly to parents, and I was assuming any school contacted would do this. A press release

is an excellent idea, not sure what Mr.McAteer is planning. Perhaps we could arrange to send

a copy of the/a press release to each primary/middle school in the Berkshire, Slough and West

London areas so they were sure to have the information directly???

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[Tony gunewardena]

Dear Paul & all the parents,

Me & my wife are delighted to hear this..what a hard work that you all been involved over that last months & years..

Our sincere thanks to Paul & the team..

Wish you all a very happy Christmas & blessed year 2011

Warm Regards

Tony G.

[Paul Welsh]

Hi all

I think that while we were certainly a thorn in the side of those
behind this plan, the main reason it failed was the decision of the
coalition government to refuse funding. Whether that refusal was
anything other than an economic decision, who knows?

I'd like to thank the parent governors, all of whom are on the
Executive Committe of FaCT, namely Tony O'Shea (Chairman of FaCT), Pat
McGill and Chris Beer. Can anyone really imagine that the governors
would have rejected the EoI by an overwhelming 17 votes to 1 were it
not for their superb powers of persuasion?

I'd also like to thank Nick Seaton, Chairman of the Campaign for Real
Education and Paul Dodgshun for their invaluable advice.

In terms of parents with children currently in Year 6 who applied to
St Bernard's, Mr McAteer has been saying for some time that he thought
the merger wouldn't go ahead, so presumably those parents will check
before making a final decision. Of course, though, they have already
made their preferences.

Unfortunately, what the last two years has shown very clearly is that
the Diocese is no friend of St Bernard's so we must stay on our guard
against any attempt to drop academic selection. Perhaps the Diocese
is about to launch plan B?

Expect to see a number of the older teaching staff retire soon. I
imagine that some, quite understandably, will have been postponing
retirement in case they had the good fortune to supplement their lump
sum with a redundancy payment.

I propose keeping this mailing list and the web site going.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Paul

[Nessy]

Absolutely fantastic news!!! Well done everyone for all the hard work!

Nessy :)
Shiny Happy Person

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[Venkata Ramesh Jogireddy]

Excellent news!! All the effort of the parents, governors and well wishers helped to withdraw proposed merger. Any thoughts how can we  help the school to build more facilities for the school like Indoor sport centre etc..,?

 

Cheers!!!

Happy Dad (Ramesh)

 

 

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Absolutely fantastic news!!! Well done everyone for all the hard work!



Nessy :)
Shiny Happy Person

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[Paul Dodgshun]

Dear All,

That is what I call a real Xmas present.
I would like to thank those who gave me a mention in dispatches; it is
very much appreciated.

I have no idea what will happen next but I doubt that it will be nothing!

Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year
Paul D

[JSoane]

Tony, Paul and Paul. Thank you so much for all your hard work.
Merry Christmas everyone
Josephine Soane

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