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| Parents plan school closure demo | |
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| Parents opposed to plans to close 29 primary schools are expected to protest as Gwynedd councillors meet to consider the proposals. | |
| Other reforms under discussion include the creation of eight new area schools and joining a number of smaller schools under one head teacher. | Other reforms under discussion include the creation of eight new area schools and joining a number of smaller schools under one head teacher. |
| Some parents and governors have reacted angrily and said they would lobby councillors in Caernarfon. | |
| The council said change was needed because of falling pupil rolls. | |
| John Allport, who has three children at Ysgol Borth-y-Gest, Porthmadog, which is on the list to close in 2012, plans to attend Thursday's meeting of the council's children and young people's scrutiny committee. | |
| We are just amazed that the school is on the list in the first place because with 80 pupils it is full to capacity, and where are they all supposed to go if it closes? John Allport, parents | |
| He added: "I feel that I should go there because I want the committee to know how much we disagree with our school being on the list. | He added: "I feel that I should go there because I want the committee to know how much we disagree with our school being on the list. |
| "We are just amazed that the school is on the list in the first place because with 80 pupils it is full to capacity, and where are they all supposed to go if it closes? | "We are just amazed that the school is on the list in the first place because with 80 pupils it is full to capacity, and where are they all supposed to go if it closes? |
| "This school has been here for 125 years already and there is no reason for it to be closed." | "This school has been here for 125 years already and there is no reason for it to be closed." |
| Resignations | Resignations |
| There has also been political reaction. Councillor Simon Glyn resigned from the Plaid Cymru group, and he called on council leader Richard Parry Hughes to stand down from his position. | |
| Mr Glyn, who represents Tudweiliong on the Lleyn Peninsula, said he was incensed by the way the issue of rural school closures in Gwynedd was being handled. | |
| Gwynedd's education portfolio holder, Penri Jones, also resigned his post rather than sign the document. | |
| He said he thought the reorganisation plans did not reflect the feelings of local people. | He said he thought the reorganisation plans did not reflect the feelings of local people. |
| Five Liberal Democrat MPs have tabled a Commons motion highlighting the threat to David Lloyd George's old primary school at Llanystumdwy. | Five Liberal Democrat MPs have tabled a Commons motion highlighting the threat to David Lloyd George's old primary school at Llanystumdwy. |
| A statue of the World War I prime minister is to be unveiled in Parliament Square in London on Thursday. | |
| Gwynedd Council said the proposals followed a dramatic fall in pupil numbers over the past two decades. | |
| The authority said it would make the best use of facilities, instead of maintaining 2,400 empty places, and invest £30m in the development of eight new area schools. |