Litewska szkoła etniczna w Polsce – izolacja w obronie tożsamości

My text concerns minority schools operating on borderland – area of multina- tional relations. I am interested in Lithuanian minority schools in Punsk gmina (Podlaskie voivodeship). I write the way teachers and minority leaders describe their own ethnic group situation. Diagnosis included in their utterances is defnitely pessimistic, expressing anxiety about Lithuanian community, there- fore I ask questions on social functions of said schools. Is not defending minority against assimilation and polonisation their main purpose?