Protest at school closure plan

PARENTS, pupils, governors and teachers demonstrated outside Mynyddcerrig School in Carmarthenshire on Saturday, in protest against plans for its closure by the local authority.

Campaigners said they were angry there had not been more consultations.

Ffred Ffrancis, spokesman for the Welsh Language Society, which backed the protest, said, "As the council refuse to give the people of Carmarthenshire the right to decide about the direction of the general education strategy, our only option is to call on everyone to support the fight of each school which is being threatened contrary to the wishes of the local community. "

Western Mail - 01/05/06