Frustration as council cancels meetings over Powys schools
Monday 7th February 2011, 2:24PM GMT.
Public meetings on the future of two Powys secondary schools should never have been postponed as there were never any concerns over health and safety issues, it has been claimed.
Headteachers of Llanfyllin and Llanfair Caereinion High School said today they were feeling frustrated over the cancellations.
It comes days after Powys County Council said it would postpone four meetings at Llanfyllin, Llanfair Caereinion, Brecon and Gwernyfed because of concerns raised by headteachers over the expected high turnout.
The meetings are part of the council’s secondary school review – a process which may result in the closure of some sixth forms.
Carl Mincher, headteacher of Llanfyllin High School, said: “We never raised any safety concerns with the council over the meetings so it’s quite frustrating that the public meeting has been cancelled.”
David Evans, headteacher of Llanfair Caereinion High School, said some schools had raised concerns over the capacity of the venues, but Llanfair had not been one of them.
He said: “Council bosses took it upon themselves to cancel the first four public meetings to give them time to address any issues.”
Councillor David Jones, council board member with responsibility for schools, said: “Clearly this is not an ideal situation. However, these concerns have been raised by some of the headteachers in the county and we need to address them.”
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Par for the course with Powys County Council. They have inherited excellent schools inthe old Montgomeryshire, praised by both parents and Estyn (Welsh equivalent of Ofsted)but they wish to destroy them in order to centralise 6th form provision in Newtown. They claim to be consulting with all concerned but as shown here, they understand nothing.
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