We were concerned to read the frontpage headline, highlighting worries over greenhouse gas emissions in the city and pinpointing Preston Circus and Lewes Road as pollution hotspots (The Argus, February 21).
This reinforces the case for retaining the current catchment area for Dorothy Stringer school.
The proposed changes would have meant children local to Stringer would have had to have been transported elsewhere while children from outlying areas would have had to have been transported in to the city, exacerbating pollution problems.
Perhaps Brighton and Hove City Council should have considered issuing Tokyo-style face masks to those children.
Any changes to catchment areas would fly in the face of these environmental findings, as well as with the council's policies on the environment and transport.
Commonsense prevailed when the children, families and schools committee decided to retain the current catchment areas.
-Paula Bellers and Amanda Booth, Brighton
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