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Present schools situation is not sustainable

Expenditure per pupil is also a very relevant point. It costs us, the council tax payer, about £10,500 per pupil if there are 10 or less in a school; even with up to 20 pupils per school, it’s over £6,000 per pupil. Contrast this with a school of say 150 pupils, the cost is around £2,500 per pupil. The council has a democratic duty to see that the educational resources are more equitably spent. Read

Land train is on the right lines

I WOULD like to thank John Thirsk for the efforts he has made to introduce the land train to Caernarfon. His unbounded enthusiasm and dedication to improving the image of Caernarfon is an inspiration to us all. I sincerely hope that the “powers that be” can be persuaded to support him. Read

Being federal – what is it?

I LOVE my homeland and Pen Lln in particular. I have recently returned from a long spell “over the border” working for a national company. When reading your paper I was disappointed at the cheap jibes and thinly-veiled, sarcastic comments made by the correspondents such as Mr (two letters in one edition) Cartwright. Read

Electorate will do their worst

BETWEEN 400 and 450 people packed a school hall in Botwnnog to manifest their dissatisfaction, frustration and, indeed, anger at the Plaid Cymru-led Gwynedd Council’s plans regarding “reorganising” the county’s primary schools. Read

ONE of the most professional shows we have ever seen! Incredible voices! Inspired acting! A magnificent performance by the main front line actors and the lively and untiring chorus!

No, it is not a far-off West End performance, we have seen enough of those magnificent shows to justify our superlatives, but this is almost 200 of our very own young people in a performance of Grease at our own venue in Galeri. Read

Small is more practical

THE proposed allocation of grant to Gwynedd Council from the Welsh Assembly for the next financial year is far less than the amount required to fund its services. Read

Common-sense way to run the country

BORN in Leeds, West Yorkshire, November 1938, now living in Llanystumdwy, you might not be surprised, to hear I have seen many changes to the British way of life over the last 69 years. Read

Disagreement on road issues

IT becomes a sorry state of affairs when one council cannot reach a compromise with another. Read

Housing solution

I WOULD like to bring my fellow readers’ attention to something which concerns most people who have elderly relatives who own their own property. Read

No good reason to mark for closure

WE are writing to support the continued operation of Ysgol y Clogau at Bontddu, and to protest at the proposed closure. Read

Letters: Confusion over politics

Confusion over politics Read

Schools letters: Our passion for the Welsh language inside and outside of school

Why should there be a problem about the survival of the Welsh language being that it is the natural language and has been for thousands of years. Read

Schools letters: Narrow party allegiances

IT was interesting listening to the debate on BBC Radio Cymru on November 16 between Richard Parry Hughes, leader of Gwynedd Council, and Aeron Jones, of Llais Pobl Gwynedd People’s Voice. Read

Changes are necessary

THE fight is truly on in Gwynedd, and throughout rural Wales. We must ensure that we build a network of services, including schools, hospitals, homes and workplaces which can survive into the future given all the forces currently working against us. At the moment, it is primary schools which are in the limelight, but it will involve all aspects of our society. Read

Cut heart out of the villages

THE distinct lack of any real consultation on the plans to “federalise” (for which read “close”) many of our small schools is an insult to the parents, children and staff of those schools. Read

Plaid shows its true colours

AFTER a very positive village feature about my home village of Clynnog Fawr and great news that our local councillor realises the hypocrisy of the Plaid Cymru-led Gwynedd council, villagers are feeling elated of late. Read

Plaid shows its true colours

Plaid betrays its principles

I WAS totally dismayed and disgusted on hearing Plaid Cymru’s Cyngor Gwynedd’s announcement that they are on the verge of closing several small village schools in Gwynedd. This I just could not believe from Plaid Cymru, the champion of small rural communities, the bastion of Welshness. Read

Congratulations on parking rules

THROUGH the pages of your newspaper I for one would like to congratulate Cyngor Gwynedd on its recently imposed parking policy. Read

Dire plight of hill farmers

I DO not know how many of the Herald readers saw the recent programme in BBC1 on the plight of a Scottish farmer who had to give away his lambs at a rock bottom price of £5 a head. I can assure you all upland and hill farmers here in Wales are in a similar position. Read