...de la Evening Post (Abertawe):
“Parents and governors turned out in force to protest against plans that could starve Welsh village schools of funds. More than 100 people protested outside Carmarthen's County Hall on Monday morning before a meeting of the council's executive board discussed the final draft document for distributing budget shares to schools…
…As part of the new budget, Carreg Hirfaen Primary School, with sites in Cwmann, Ffarmers and Llan-y-Crwys, could see its annual budget slashed by £90,000 - 25 per cent of its current funding...
...Cymdeithas yr Iaith, which is supporting parents in their fight, said category A (Welsh-medium) schools would be worse off, losing £460,040 in funding. Cymdeithas chairwoman in Carmarthenshire, Sioned Elin said: 'The council plans to starve Welsh- medium village schools into submission and place their governors in impossible situations. In the process, they would be dealing a terrible blow to Welsh- medium education and to our Welsh-speaking communities.’…"
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