Ceredigion Steam roller back on track

It seems that the County Council and consultants have set their sights on the centralised 3-19 year old super schools in the Llandysul and Tregaron areas and have placed the onus on parents and governors to justify other options. This could mean the closure of a large number of village schools and even Llandysul primary school itself.Angharad Clwyd, Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith in Ceredigion and a parent at Llandysul school said:"It would be very ironic if the Welsh-Medium secondary school's Dyffryn Teifi and Tregaron, were responsible for destroying the very Welsh-peaking communities which has provided them with their pupils for the last generation. This should be a genuine analysis of all the options available including the more progressive option of a new-style federation between Ysgol Dyffryn Teifi and Ysgol Uwchradd Tregaron and the schools that feedthem. This would create a strong educational unit and yet maintain a presence in all the communities. It is the consultants responsibility to work out detailed implications of this as well as other models rather than expect unpaid parents and governors to do the work as was suggested in the public meeting."