The people of Hekendorp knew that the number of pupils was a topic of discussion. How could it be otherwise, with about ten students in groups one to four. Carla van Rossum is a member of the parent council and went to school there herself. She actually didn’t think it would go that fast, with a closure. Until last night. “It was announced at an information evening. There is a lot of commotion in the village,” she says.
Hekendorp does not accept school closures: ‘You take the heart out of the village’
