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| Threatened schools decision delay | |
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| Councillors have put on hold plans to shut seven junior secondary schools in the Western Isles. | Councillors have put on hold plans to shut seven junior secondary schools in the Western Isles. |
| The closures - deemed necessary for financial and policy reasons - had previously been deferred pending a report into secondary provision. | The closures - deemed necessary for financial and policy reasons - had previously been deferred pending a report into secondary provision. |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has now decided they will stay open until 2011, or until the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway is ready to take the pupils. | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has now decided they will stay open until 2011, or until the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway is ready to take the pupils. |
| A report by education officials had recommended they close because of cost. | A report by education officials had recommended they close because of cost. |
| But a full meeting of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar backed an amendment to defer all closures by 18 votes to 11. | |
| It comes in the wake of the Scottish Government's announcement of proposed new legislation which included a presumption against rural closures. | It comes in the wake of the Scottish Government's announcement of proposed new legislation which included a presumption against rural closures. |
| The islands' schools provide S1/S2 level education. They are Paible, North Uist; Daliburgh, South Uist; Lionel, Shawbost, Back, Lochs - officially called Sgoil nan Loch - and Bayble on North Lewis. | The islands' schools provide S1/S2 level education. They are Paible, North Uist; Daliburgh, South Uist; Lionel, Shawbost, Back, Lochs - officially called Sgoil nan Loch - and Bayble on North Lewis. |