South powys schools rethink.

The recent announcement states that powys county council will merge Brecon High School and Gwernyfed High Schools into one “Beacons Campus” by 2018 and that they have an “aspiration that, in future, there will be one bilingual secondary school in Mid Powys” meaning that Llandrindod or Builth Wells High Schools would have to close.

The announcement also stated that the Welsh stream at Brecon would be moved to Builth Wells.  There is also the possibility of Maesydderwen in Ystradgynlais losing its sixth form provision which would weaken a school that is improving rapidly and has recently been refurbished.

We the undersigned understand the need for reform but believe the current suggestions are ill conceived and reactionary to finance pressures rather than the right choices for tho children and young adults of the area. There is more to education than the bottom line.

This is an a political petition rather than boxing people into party lines and is for everyone.