Education Day

Today was an Education day for me.

This afternoon I attended the official opening of All Saints Primary School in Greenock by Bishop Tartaglia. It was a great occasion for the school community, as they celebrated the opening of their magnificent new building. The many guests visiting the school for the first time were very impressed by what they saw.

As a former Councillor for the area I am delighted to see the improvements that are taking place in the east end - new and improved housing; the new sports pitch at Lady Octavia; and ,of course, the new school and nursery at All Saints.

This evening I chaired a meeting of the Port Glasgow Shared Campus Working Group.

The main item on the agenda was a presentation by the Architects who have been chosen to design the new campus for Port Glasgow High, St Stephen's, Lilybank and Glenburn. Over the next few months they will be developing their initial design concepts in consultation with the various stakeholder groups to produce detailed proposals.

I got a sense from those at the meeting that they are as excited as I am about the prospects of what we can achieve with this project.