Instead they are taking the game into their own hands suggesting alternative ways of providing a school to the Murrumbateman area. 

Chairman for the Murrumbateman Primary School Working Group, Mike Reid, told the Tribune the community is fed-up with the school's plans being rejected. 

“Given the working groups own research and that of the NSW Department of Education, we know we have close to 1000 children in Murrumbateman and its catchment area. This demonstrates that not only is a school a feasible option but it will have classrooms of 14 to 21 kids,” Mr Reid said.

“We were made to understand that we were not on their plan and that it would be a good 10 years before any action would be taken. The State Government is suggesting that we are adequately supplied by Canberra and Yass.”

Both action groups have been steadfastly working to have options available to build a school by January 2017, or January 2016 at the earliest. 

After reviewing all of the options presented for a school and the deadlines involved, the executive committee unanimously decided to facilitate a community meeting, which will be held on Thursday, December 4 at the Murrumbateman Country Inn. 

“After reviewing all the information we have come up with a number of different options. First is a community school, which will mean that the community will really have to pull together. This will have to be funded by the parents, which will be completely private,” Mr Reid explained.  

A private body is also looking at investing in the school and this option will be discussed further at the public forum.  

Mr Reid also said Mt Carmel College Ltd have expressed interest in reconstituting the name by creating an open school for everyone with a Christian ethos. 

“Mt Carmel College Ltd are talking about making the school run from years K to 12, which would be a fantastic opportunity.

“The meeting in December is really about presenting these options to the community and hopefully from it we will get some strong leaders that step forward. There are four options that we can discuss and maybe we can even look at combining a few of these together. We really just need people to get on board." 

In a media release from Mt Carmel College Ltd to the Tribune, it outlined the continuing quest of the board to establish an independent school in the Yass Valley, which will operate in the Catholic tradition.

Chair of the Board of Directors, Paul De Szell, said directors of Mt Carmel College Ltd are meeting monthly to develop a long-term strategy and business plan to build an independent K-12 school. 

“Once we have a formal plan, we will call a meeting of our members to advise on our progress to date and share the long-term vision for building a new K-12 school,” he said. 

The board expects to call the next meeting in the new year.