East Renfrewshire council leader Owen O’Donnell has pledged to keep “a close eye” on the impact of cuts on schools, as the SNP criticised a plan to reduce support staff.
East Renfrewshire has gained a reputation for its education provision and the SNP claimed cuts to the department “will have an impact on the attainment gap”.
As part of £4.1m of savings agreed to plug a budget gap of around £18m, the minority Labour administration decided to reduce the number of school librarians, bilingual assistants and technicians through a voluntary redundancy programme.
