Parent power bids to overturn funding decision

IRATE parents who fear their children will lose teachers and be packed into larger classes have taken to the streets in protest.

They plan to send hundreds of letters to the Department of Education and local politicians, lobbying to protect the school’s disadvantaged status.

St Stephen’s National School in the centre of Waterford faces an uncertain future following the decision of the department to remove its disadvantaged status from 2008. Over 600 gathered for the march from the school through the city yesterday.