Of the 422 eligible voters (parents), only 124 voted in favour of transforming. That's only 29.38 per cent.

Would the Education Minister have pushed this through if it had been a maintained (Catholic) Primary School?

I think we all know the answer to this. How many maintained (Catholic) schools have integrated?

To the best of my knowledge none and their likely never will be.
Recently, a school in west Belfast (Suffolk Primary School) applied for integrated status. The school was in a small Protestant estate adjoining the nationalist Lenadoon area. There was supposed to be cross-community support for this, yet the Minister turned it down, stating there would not be enough future pupils to sustain it.

Surely this would have been a perfect place for an integrated school? Was she scared that numbers would have fallen in the local Catholic School?

Was it because there is no support for integrated schools in the nationalist areas? Either way, she did not do it in mainly nationalist areas, she should not do it in mainly Protestant areas.

I believe the Model primary can hold its own against any school and does not need to change to do this. The school already is integrated as everyone reading this proposal will see.

I took the admission numbers and surplus places of three primary schools (Ballymoney Model, St Brigid's Ballymoney and Millstrand Integrated, Portrush). Between the school years 2003/04-2007/08 the percentage of empty places are as follows: Ballymoney Model: 26.77 per cent; St Brigid's: 49.09 per cent and Millstrand Integrated: 31.33 per cent. Surprising figures?

Ballymoney Model never has been in danger of closing. That was only a line used to scaremonger parents at the meetings.

I believe if this decision to transform is not blocked the school will lose pupils rather than gain them.

With this in mind I would call on the DUP to use their veto and block this decision. In the News Letter (Thursday, September 18) the DUP slammed the decision. Rather than slamming the decision, please just stop it. Who rules Stormont anyway? At the minute it looks like Catriona Ruane and Sinn Fein.

Any parents unhappy with this decision please make your feelings known.

William Hamill
Ballymoney