Monday, April 11, 2005
School Reorganisation
Cardiff Council is reviewing local schools to deal with 8,500 surplus places. This may result in proposals to close or amalgamate some schools.
Our local primary schools perform well, despite problems associated with poverty and high numbers of local children having special educational needs. St. Mellons children benefit from small schools and small class sizes so we will be arguing to keep all our schools open.
Parents and teachers are very concerned about the future of local primary and Rumney and Llanrumney High Schools. We cannot predict what the review will mean for schools in the area but we will do our best to ensure the final proposals bring improvements otherwise we will oppose the plans and involve parents.
The Council has accepted our criticisms of the first series of consultation meetings and agreed to our demands for improved publicity in future. These meetings are important so we ask parents to attend them if possible.
Cllr. Monica Walsh
Our local primary schools perform well, despite problems associated with poverty and high numbers of local children having special educational needs. St. Mellons children benefit from small schools and small class sizes so we will be arguing to keep all our schools open.
Parents and teachers are very concerned about the future of local primary and Rumney and Llanrumney High Schools. We cannot predict what the review will mean for schools in the area but we will do our best to ensure the final proposals bring improvements otherwise we will oppose the plans and involve parents.
The Council has accepted our criticisms of the first series of consultation meetings and agreed to our demands for improved publicity in future. These meetings are important so we ask parents to attend them if possible.
Cllr. Monica Walsh
