Local school to remain open

Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore altered his decision about the closure of Avonwood Primary School in Elsies River. The school will be kept open for the next twelve months, when the situation will be reviewed again.The decision comes after COSATU and the community pressurised the department into rethinking its settlement. COSATU regional Secretary Tony Ehrenreich has thanked the minister. He also called on other schools who feel that the Department has given them a raw deal to demand that they also be kept open for the next 12 months at least.