Struggling to Cope: Pressure grows to increase Loughgall ‘feeder’ preschool places as parents demand ‘common sense’

Struggling to Cope: Pressure grows to increase Loughgall ‘feeder’ preschool places as parents demand ‘common sense’

Education bosses are coming under increasing pressure to allocate additional places at Loughgall Playgroup, with one parent saying: “Common sense has gone out the window.” Ruth Fowler, who lives between Portadown and Loughgall, has a daughter attending Cope Primary School. But she has been turned down for a place for her son to attend Loughgall Playgroup in September. And, according to Ruth, she is not alone. Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has req…