It's not the business of a Council Committee to decide the fate of individual schools

Cymdeithas yr Iaith has called on all those free to travel to come to Caernarfon at 1pm Thursday 19th June ahead of a crucial meeting of Gwynedd County Council. The Council will be considering a motion from the education scrutiny Committee to set up a Working Party to draw up a new Schools Plan. According to the Scrutiny Committee, it would be within the remit of the Working Party to draw up a new list of schools for closure.

Ammendments may be forthcoming, but it is Cymdeithas's basic belief that it is not the business of any central working party of the Council to make recommendations on closures for schools. Such a working party could study reports, gather evidence, even draw up guidelines regarding the criteria for the viability of schools. But the fate of individual schools and the way in which local schools co-operate with each other are matters to be discussed with local schools and communities.

Cymdeithas Organiser in the north Osian Jones explained:

"Pressure from parents, governors and others have compelled the Council to practically withdraw its plan. We must now ensure that there is no new move to centrally decide the fate of individual schools. It's not just the Plan which had to be withdrawn but also the whole centralised thinking behind the Plan."

"The Council now have one last chance to get it right and start a new era of co-operation with local schools and communities."

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