Mention of which site a merged secondary school could be based at has been removed from the consultation paper's proposals, but another item the Scrutiny Committee recommended should be removed has remained in place.
The chair of the Scrutiny Committee says he's staggered at what he calls the 'shameful' proposals being put forward by the council as part of a consultation on school places.
Members of the Isle of Wight Council's Executive will meet on Tuesday 9 September to discuss proposed changes to the authority's home to school transport policy.
The Isle of Wight Conservatives' spokesman on education says only five of the nine Isle of Wight secondary school premises are needed and calls for "radical surgery" and a need to "consolidate our high schools".
Excluding a few outstanding examples in the primary sector, according to a recent review by Hampshire Children's Services there's a pretty bleak picture for Isle of Wight Education.