One comment from last night was with reference to deposits that parents have had to pay for places at other schools. This is obviously a problem for parents who would prefer to stay.

 IES said, that other schools shouldn't really put parents  in that position while it is possible to save St. David's and added "well, if they want to play that game, what if I said you could discount any non-refundable deposit from your next term's fees at St. Davids?" - he also said "we've got deeper pockets than they have"

This evening some of us met with two people from one of the organizations interested in saving St. David's - yes one of the organizations. There are three different groups all interested in St. David's continuing as a school.

I'm writing this as I return from the meeting, please bear with me and we'll get a proper account of what happened to you.

PLease look at the newsletter which gives some minutes from the meeting. I'll be publishing some further comments here later this morning.

The news is that the company and its Chairman are now supportive of the intention to take over the school.  So that is a positive indication - what they are now doing is looking at the feasibility of it. 

This afternoon (5th May) they are talking to the school's solicitors to see what can be done about taking the school over. 

Things seem to be going in the right direction - and our contact says that it may be that they will want to talk to parents again this week so we need to think how we can get people together at short notice.