A week ago, children, parents and school staff in Linköping were told that several compulsory schools and preschools would be closed. Tomorrow, Thursday, the politicians will make a decision.
Parents have been critical because they do not believe that politicians have time to listen to the children.
SVT Nyheter Öst has let the children's rights organization Bris read through the municipality's "child impact analysis" about the school closures.
"Our view is that it's quite thin. It comes up with a proposal for a decision without showing how they have arrived at it, says Sofia Walan, regional manager at Bris.
"Gotta show how you've listened to the kids"
According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, all municipalities must now conduct a "child impact assessment" before deciding on issues that affect children.
"In it, you should show how you have listened to children, understood how the decision will be for children and what will be best for children. That's what we should be able to follow in this child impact assessment. And it is not possible to do that in this somewhat thin analysis that we have taken part in from Linköping municipality.
That the "child impact analysis" should be thin and made without regard to the children concerned is not an opinion shared by Kristina Edlund (S), municipal councillor and chairman of the municipal board. She believes that the one made is sufficient to be able to make a decision on Thursday.
"I think they have looked broadly in the impact assessment and made assessments both for the consequences and risks that the closure of the schools and preschools may entail for the children. It is important that we can go out with information as soon as a decision is made so that there are as few negative consequences as possible for the children.
In the video, she talks about what is the difference between a good and bad child impact analysis.