Parents are invited to a public meeting to find out more about the challenge of surplus primary school places.
But the Isle of Wight Council won’t be answering questions about the three schools recently threatened with closure.
It follows the authority’s U-turn over the potential consultation to close Cowes, Wroxall and St Mary’s Catholic schools.
The council had suggested those schools should close to combat the hundreds of surplus places in the primary school system.
The meeting will be held at 6.30pm on July 11 at Medina Theatre.
It quickly withdrew proposals after fierce backlash, saying it would find a different approach, and has now arranged a public meeting where council officers will explain more.
Parents told the authority they still had questions as to why those schools, in particular, were picked and asked to know more about the reasoning and process behind the decision.
While officers will delve deeper into the surplus places challenge, the council has stressed the public meeting is not a consultation and there will be no opportunity to discuss anything relating to individual primary schools.
In a letter sent to parents, from the council through headteachers, the authority says officers are not authorised to discuss the previous proposals as they have been withdrawn.
Instead general questions would be welcome.
The meeting will clarify the place planning process; recruitment and financial challenges and how they can be overcome; and why surplus places must be managed.
If any proposals are brought back for consideration, the council said there would be an opportunity for everyone to engage.
The authority has been criticised for its handling of the situation and lack of solution to the surplus places issues.
One school governor said it had been almost a year since the matter was first raised meaning it had been another year to which the surplus places had been to the detriment of children’s entertainment.
The future of Chillerton and Rookley Primary School is still hanging in the balance as the council is still considering closing it.
The authority wants to amalgamate it with its sister school in Godshill, where pupils have been taught since January, as there is no teacher at Chillerton and Rookley.
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