No decision on Queensland schools closures until after Federal Election Minister for Education, Training and Employment John-Paul Langbroek refuses to commit to a decision on the fate of eight Queensland schools until after the September 7 Federal Election. EIGHT Queensland communities anxiously waiting to learn the fate of their local schools may now have to wait until after the Federal Election for a decision. Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek has refused to commit to making a decision on the fate of Fortitude Valley, Old Yarranlea, Toowoomba South, Charlton, Wyreema and Stuart state schools and Nyanda and Everton Park state high schools, before the September 7 poll. All are proposed to close. Mr Langbroek's stand comes as one community revealed that some of its students were on "suicide watch" as they struggle to cope with the looming closures. Parents at other schools have spoken of students undergoing counselling to deal with stress that has arisen during the process. Mr Langbroek had previously promised a decision by early-August after shaving two weeks off the consultation period. But yesterday, he told The Courier-Mail he would not commit to making a decision within the next three weeks. "I don't want to commit to a timeframe at the moment," he said. Originally we said August, but for the moment we are just going to wait and make sure we let people know in good time. Mr Langbroek did say it would be weeks rather than months. "I've committed to making sure I read the whole reports," he said. I have got them in the back of my car. I think they were given to us on Friday, and I only received them yesterday after Cabinet. Given that I haven't even looked at them yet, we have got to consider all the information to make sure we can give people the certainty. Mr Langbroek said all submissions would be considered before a decision was made. Parents at the school's proposed to close have been angered and upset by the continual delay. Nyanda State High School Action Group chair Larysa Jaworski said her school was like a funeral parlour. "The kids just are walking around morosely waiting for the axe to fall, it's just horrible," she said. Everton Park State High School P&C president David Brock said Mr Langbroek was "playing with people's lives." "We have a lot of people who are very, very stressed over this ... and he needs to make the decision," he said. Old Yarranlea State School P&C president Derek Orr said the decision to delay announcements was a huge blow. "He (Mr Langbroek) is still refusing to talk to any of the communities, which I think is the hardest part - we have just been kept in the dark through this whole process," Mr Orr said. All parents spoken to yesterday said they believed the Federal Election was the reason for the delay, rather than more time being needed to consider the reports. For help contact Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.