Save Sassafras Primary School Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-sassafras-primary-school.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:11 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Dianne Beamish [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10798921?utm_medium=rss I believe the samll schools around Tasmania should stay open for education of our young children because they nurture a sense3 of community and belonging to a local geographical area. They encourage pride in the local environment, interest in local activities and a sense of caring for ones neighbour, and thats just when the Mums and Dads come to pick up their kids from school. Lets protect community spirit rather than destroy it. Community spirit is the bond of society.

]]> Sun, 3 Jul 2011 03:55:06 UTC 10798921 registered nurse Debra Clay (Lamprey) [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10798277?utm_medium=rss Many of my fellow students from the school have gone on to become exceptional citizens thanks to the dedication of the teachers and community members. If you care to look at the statistics compared to other towny schools I know you will be impressed.
What about closing some of the inner city schools, free up that prime real estate and give the towny children the same advantages we had in our wonderful country school. More outstanding citizens of the future plus more communities would flourish.

]]> Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:46:15 UTC 10798277 Mrs Gail WARD [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10798257?utm_medium=rss Two of our children were taught at this wonderful school in Late 1980 and I believe the small class & family like enviroment help them grow confidence and self esteem along with a wonderful education

]]> Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:32:21 UTC 10798257 Mr Philip Ward [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10794503?utm_medium=rss As a parent of former pupils of the school I believe that there are significant benefits to pupils in a small school environment that are not available in larger schools. To learn discipline and a more caring attitude for others more than compensates for having smaller range of subjects to chose from. Lose the school and you also lose the heart of the community.

]]> Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:46:04 UTC 10794503 Mrs Denise Bennett [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10793901?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Jul 2011 06:29:28 UTC 10793901 mr mark lamprey [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10774630?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:23:04 UTC 10774630 Mrs Marlene Mott [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10773414?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:02:29 UTC 10773414 Mr Graeme Mott [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10773406?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:01:18 UTC 10773406 Mrs Sonia Berry [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10773244?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:37:17 UTC 10773244 MeLanier McCoy [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10766442?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:39:09 UTC 10766442 miss Lynne Bird [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10763065?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:51:41 UTC 10763065 Fran Read [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10759327?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:23:04 UTC 10759327 ms tammy lamprey [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10758864?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:16:16 UTC 10758864 Mr Wayne Oliver [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10758326?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:27:09 UTC 10758326 Dr Robyn Eversole [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10758316?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:25:25 UTC 10758316 Mrs Tania Dwyer [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10753895?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:19:02 UTC 10753895 Ms Sharon Jones [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10753409?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:44:30 UTC 10753409 mrs melanie gardam-webb [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10753255?utm_medium=rss taking the primary school out of our beautiful little farming communitty is very wrong, this community deserves better treatment than this from our government.

]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:24:15 UTC 10753255 Ms Hayley Willis [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10753199?utm_medium=rss Childrens education shouldn't have to suffer, please don't close the Sassafras Primary School!

]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:15:20 UTC 10753199 Ms Angela Eiszele [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752900?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:11:04 UTC 10752900 Miss Felicity Perry [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752664?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:17:09 UTC 10752664 Mr Tony Perry [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752657?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:15:49 UTC 10752657 Mrs Tania Perry [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752649?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:14:43 UTC 10752649 stacey cornick [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752558?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:49:57 UTC 10752558 Mr Ben Deverall [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752536?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:41:45 UTC 10752536 Mrs Leah Gaffney [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752516?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:36:38 UTC 10752516 mrs joanne stevenson [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752442?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:14:00 UTC 10752442 Mr Clinton Stott [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752108?utm_medium=rss Keep regional schools open, and secure Tasmanian jobs, Lara find revenue in other government enterties, such as Spirit of Tasmania, there is a nice 500 million sitting there.

]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:51:52 UTC 10752108 Mts Belinda Stott [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752103?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:49:03 UTC 10752103 Mrs Kate Jago [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752089?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:42:00 UTC 10752089 Mrs Angela Gardam [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752082?utm_medium=rss lara go have a child of your own before closing schools down kids need education not bloody travel for who knows how long of top of study and out side sports and life really lara you stuffed our hospitals now our schools what next ?????? close the old peoples homes down get a reality check woman live and use your life sexperience until then bugger off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:38:11 UTC 10752082 Mr Matthew Dawkins [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10752058?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:21:13 UTC 10752058 Christie Gardiner [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10747700?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:25:41 UTC 10747700 Mr Graham Eagles [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10746719?utm_medium=rss The state government is using two distinctly opposing strategies.
One is the promotion of population and employment growth in Tasmania and resouce suppression effecting sustainability and cost cutting of budgets.
The two are opposing notions - Growth enables cost efficiency, whilst removing infrastructure is less attractive to employers and workers. Don't we need to promote and support regional growth as well as urban growth? Do we want to support regional infrastucture discarding.

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:00:45 UTC 10746719 Ms Debbie Willis [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10746656?utm_medium=rss The government have a strategic plan to continually increase the population of our state with a conflicting strategy of reducing the resources and limiting choice of the existing population & any prospective population & growth.
How do these decisions to close schools provide an infrastructure & state wide support of families and universal population & growth? That is, is everyone going to settle & be employed in the most populated area, serviced by the remaining schools?

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:34:23 UTC 10746656 Ms Mandy Glann [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10746590?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:17:25 UTC 10746590 Ms Karyn Holden [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10746326?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:00:55 UTC 10746326 mrs sharon maney [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10745513?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:02:22 UTC 10745513 MRs Cathie Woollard [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10743111?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:57:28 UTC 10743111 Mr Paul Griffiths [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10742697?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:00:10 UTC 10742697 Rev Chris Stafferton [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10742326?utm_medium=rss I worked as Chaplain at Sassafras from 2008 to 2011. I am appalled at the short sighted proposal to close Sassafras Primary School. The budget announcement demonstrates a lack of consideration for the students, the school community and the Sassafras Community, as well as other students, school communities and rural communities around Tasmania. The Government does not seem to understand the significance of these schools to the rural communities or to the future viability of farming in Tasmania.

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:04:22 UTC 10742326 Miss Heather Anderson [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10741260?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:56:14 UTC 10741260 Mrs Kate Perry [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10741003?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:25:08 UTC 10741003 Nichelle Clements [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10740992?utm_medium=rss Country schools are invaluable. They are more than just schools they are a 'Community'!

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:22:47 UTC 10740992 Tony Rockliff [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10740935?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:13:17 UTC 10740935 Ms Tracey Owers [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10740801?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:54:40 UTC 10740801 Miss Rachel Nichols [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10740734?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:44:49 UTC 10740734 mr Timothy Gent [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10740348?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:02:55 UTC 10740348 Brooke Redpath [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10740259?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:52:22 UTC 10740259 Mrs Michelle Green [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10740081?utm_medium=rss Dear Mr McKim,

This school is vital to it's area. Surely we can save some money somewhere else. Our children are our future.

Regards,

Michelle Green

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:33:20 UTC 10740081 Ms Anonymous [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10739826?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:03:42 UTC 10739826 Mrs Belinda Rockliff [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10739392?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:16:24 UTC 10739392 Miss Katherine Tyson [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10739061?utm_medium=rss A school is a community, a family and a friend! Attempting to close Sassafras Primary takes away the glue that binds our great community together. I am proud to be a past student of Sassafras Primary School, where I had a fun filled, interactive and happy education. Our school provides an excellent education via composite grades, not only for the local community but for children in surrounding communities who travel to be part of our great school. Please don't take away our community's heart!!

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:39:59 UTC 10739061 Mrs Rachel Whitford [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738953?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:26:01 UTC 10738953 Mrs Natalie Ryan [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738879?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:15:45 UTC 10738879 mr owen hite [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738835?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:10:36 UTC 10738835 mrs amanda kunta [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738685?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:51:36 UTC 10738685 Mrs Alarna Moles [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738669?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:49:12 UTC 10738669 mrs patricia moles [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738643?utm_medium=rss friendly stuff and children when you visit . lovely small country school would be such a same to see it close:{

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:45:35 UTC 10738643 MRs Judith Mertiny [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738576?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:38:42 UTC 10738576 Mrs Bronwyn Jamieson [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738444?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:17:27 UTC 10738444 mrs Wendy Padman [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738426?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:14:02 UTC 10738426 Miss Tayla Adams [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738313?utm_medium=rss No school should be closed so the government can reach their budget its not fair

]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:56:17 UTC 10738313 Ms Sally O'Wheel [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738303?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:53:50 UTC 10738303 Mrs Michelle Gearman [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738296?utm_medium=rss We are a wealthy country.
There is money that can come from other areas. 10% of the population holds 90% of the wealth. Let's not punish Community for the selfishness of others.
Community is the heart of who we are and what we mean.

]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:52:14 UTC 10738296 tania findlay [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738274?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:48:55 UTC 10738274 Mrs Dionne Smith [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738259?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:46:36 UTC 10738259 Mrs Lisa Burgess [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738222?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:39:24 UTC 10738222 Ms Bindi Rex [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10738174?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:26:25 UTC 10738174