"A waste of a million bricks", is how parents view the closure of a local school which they are now campaigning to operate themselves.
Five years ago, Suffolk County Council announced the closure of Clare Middle School in Sudbury and its plans to send the pupils to a secondary school 10 miles away.
Marie Baker, who has two children aged 11 and nine, was one of a dozen parents who decided to step in. Kids and parents really like the school and didn't want to see it go and a few parents decided to see what we could do to change that," she said.
"This is a great town, it has a lot going for it and a key thing is both of the schools. Lots of parents move here because of them and local businesses and facilities all benefit from the schools being here. From closing them lots of things will suffer."
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