In its response to Ynys Mon's Consultation Document on the proposal to
close Ysgol Llanddona, Cymdeithas yr Iaith accuse the Council of
collaborating in a scheme to turn Welsh-speaking rural communities into
quiet Retirement Zones for those moving into Wales.

In his evidence to the Consultation, Cymdeithas representative Ffred
Ffransis says that the Community Impact Assesment "admits that closing
the school would discoiurage young families from settling in the area,
while making it more attractive to those wishing to move into a quiet
neighbourhood. In other words it is tacitly admitted that closing the
school would speed up a process of turning a viable Welsh-speaking
community into a quiet retirement zone for those moving into Wales. At
present young newcomers to the area and those brought up in the area
co-operate around the Welsh-medium focus of the village school, and all
this would be jeopardised."

Cymdeithas also claim that closing the school would be unfair to the
pupils' education, as the Consultation Document also refers to the need
for a further strategic review into education in the south-east of the
island - which means that the pupils' education could be disrupted again
a couple of years later. Ffred Ffransis commented
"It would make much more sense to have the comprehensive strategic
review first and then implement any necessary changes rather than
messing the children around twice."

The Society also insist that the Council has again failed in its
statutory obligations to discuss all alternatives to closure in the
consultation document on the closure proposal. Cymdeithas are confident
that the consultation is invalid.