While the big education news here in mid Wales has been the threat to our smaller village schools very little has been said about the problems facing the larger urban schools.
Take my sons school three weeks ago we were told he would be in a shared year 3/4 class with rumour had it 32 pupils. Why was this you may ask well two teachers were leaving and the falling roll meant there wasn't enough cash to replace them.
Some serious letter writing and what do we find three days before the end of term but the cash has been found for a one year post with no guarantee beyond that date.
Call me cynical but that is the same timeframe as the review of the two nearby village schools the authority wants to close would complete.
So there we have it the stark choice Powys seem to be putting to us is keep the rural school open and push class sizes up in the towns or close a rural school and keep a teacher in the town.
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