DO I detect a slight note of annoyance in Patrick Scott's letter 'We did respond' (December 10)? Could this be because someone dares question the local education authority's thinking?

Check your postal dispatch arrangements at Mill House, Patrick, because I have not received either acknowledgement or reply to my earlier letters to you.

I have not suggested there is an easy answer, I have raised points and issues for the council's thought and discussion and offered what I consider to be alternatives.

Patrick Scott can try to belittle my efforts but I remain committed.

Finally this is not about "I said this, Patrick Scott said that", this is about the parents, teachers and pupils of Lowfields and Oaklands having faith in the education authority's explanation for the present situation and its decision-making process. At the moment they don't have.

Chris Wellburn,

Mattison Way,

Hamilton Drive,

Holgate, York.

Updated: 10:15 Wednesday, December 17, 2003