Members of Greenhill School's governing body are to meet today (Friday) to rubber stamp the school's budget for next year.
It's a controversial topic as a row broke out before the Easter holidays when a proposed £59,000 budget saving by not buying music tuition in from Pembrokeshire County Council was revealed.
As we reported previously, if the proposals went ahead, it would mean that students would not receive music lessons in school from the peripatetic staff, and those who borrow instruments would have to return them.
As a result, the award-winning orchestra and other musical groups in the school would be likely to fold, and there would be a knock-on effect for the county, Three Counties and national groups.
Private funding - either from parents or fund-raising - was likely to be the only option open to allow tuition to continue.
A campaign against the proposals was subsequently launched which has seen a Facebook group, 'Help Keep the Music in Greenhill' set-up, meetings with AMs, a petition and fund-raising concerts planned.
Headteacher, Mr. Chris Noble was meeting with Pembrokeshire County Council's director of education on Wednesday afternoon to look through the draft budget.
Today (Friday), the governing body will be meeting to set the budget and Mr. Noble will be writing to all parents with the outcome and details on Monday.
"I am a lot happier than I was two weeks ago and I am confident that the budget will work and not cause too much anguish," Mr. Noble told the Observer.




