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| Pupils in walkouts over closures | Pupils in walkouts over closures |
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| Children at two Edinburgh schools have staged a walkout of classes as part of a campaign against school closures. | Children at two Edinburgh schools have staged a walkout of classes as part of a campaign against school closures. |
| Craigentinny Primary and Castlebrae Community High are among the 22 schools and nurseries Edinburgh City Council wants to shut down. | Craigentinny Primary and Castlebrae Community High are among the 22 schools and nurseries Edinburgh City Council wants to shut down. |
| Pupils from both schools walked out at the start of their school day before returning to lessons. | Pupils from both schools walked out at the start of their school day before returning to lessons. |
| The local authority has said that falling school rolls mean many school buildings are half empty. | |
| Edinburgh City Council said it planned to close 13 primary and three secondary schools in the wake of an Audit Scotland review last month. | |
| Six nursery schools and four community centres are also to be shut. | Six nursery schools and four community centres are also to be shut. |
| This is our catchment school and it is our right to send our children to our catchment school Shirley Thomson,Concerned parent | |
| Additional protests have taken place at other schools including Abbeyhill Primary and Bonnington Primary. | |
| More are expected to be held at others in the city as the campaign to save them gathers pace. | |
| Shirley Thompson sends three of her four daughters to Craigentinny Primary School. | Shirley Thompson sends three of her four daughters to Craigentinny Primary School. |
| She said she recognised that the council needed to save money, but closing schools was not the right road to go down. | She said she recognised that the council needed to save money, but closing schools was not the right road to go down. |
| "This is our catchment school and it is our right to send our children to our catchment school," Ms Thompson said. | "This is our catchment school and it is our right to send our children to our catchment school," Ms Thompson said. |
| 'Land area' | |
| "I have three daughters at this school and to move them now would be very disruptive. | "I have three daughters at this school and to move them now would be very disruptive. |
| "One is in P6 at the moment which would mean she would have to move for P7 which would really, really upset her and disrupt her education." | |
| Nicola Duffy, 37, a crossing patrol woman with two boys at Craigentinny, said most of the schools' 165 pupils joined the protest. | |
| "The schools they are proposing to send them to are full to capacity," she said. | |
| "This is about the land area that can be sold from Craigentinny - there is a lot of money to be made." |