A TOP union official said teachers in York were depressed about the funding crisis which has hit the city's schools.
Peter McLoughlin, junior vice-president of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), visited the city yesterday.
The Evening Press reported last week that York secondary schools could lose an average of £75,000 each, while the shortfall in the city's primary schools was expected to be about £15,000.
Mr McLoughlin, who visited Burnholme Community College and Fulford Comprehensive School to meet teachers, said staff were worried and depressed about the potential consequences of the funding shortfall.
He said York was in a worse position than many local authorities and many of the city's schools had been forced to dip into reserves to avoid staff redundancies. This would leave the schools without money, which had been earmarked for special projects and improvements.
Updated: 14:38 Thursday, June 12, 2003
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