FOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS FACE AXE.(News)

From: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: March 8, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: By Katie Bodinger South Wales Echo

Four secondary schools could close as part of the new plans to shake up education in Cardiff. This is two fewer than was originally put forward in last year's failed reorganisation plan. More than 4,000 surplus places need to be wiped out from school rolls across the city to save schools from going bankrupt one by one. The schools have not been decided but a school's committee heard last night that it could be split up into regi...

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