Officers from Suffolk County Council attended to give a presentation on the next stage of the review and present the option within the SOR review document.

This, on every occasion, was presented very much as a fait accompli in terms of abolishing the three-tier system in the area.

The officers also pointed out that parents had had an opportunity to air their views prior to the cabinet taking this decision.

However, it was suggested, at least in one meeting, that parents and Newmarket Town Council had aired their views but been ignored.

The council representatives had no comments to make on this point.

One suggestion that was made by the county council chair of the Moulton meeting was that a well-balanced letter would have more impact than petitions and the like.

We therefore urge everyone to put pen to paper in support of the three-tier system so that we at least have a fighting chance of retaining our excellent middle schools.

The next key meeting takes place at Newmarket College on November 26 at 7.30pm so if you're free please go along and have your say.

This includes residents in the locality of St Felix who may not have children in the system but who will inevitably be affected should the school close.

It does not take a great deal of imagination to guess what will happen to the land on the St Felix site, which may in all likelihood turn into either a residential or commercial development.

The consultation phase ends on December 15 so we must continue to make our views known until that date.

Linda Spinks
Newmarket Road
Moulton