Not exact matches
After the polls opened for Tuesday's gubernatorial and legislative
primaries, reports came in from around the state of
empty or near -
empty polling
places.
A rise in the number of pupils and a shortage of
primary school
places has led some councils to consider turning
empty shops and playing fields into classrooms.
«We are also building Free Schools and letting the most popular schools expand to meet demand from parents and we are intervening to drive up standards in weak
primaries across the country which have thousands of
empty places simply because parents don't want to send their children to them.»