Scottish Borders Council has been told to apologise to parents who campaigned to save five rural nurseries.
Councillors say the plans at Glenfin Quarry near Cockburnspath will stay within its current footprint.
Increases in insurance and public liability cover have left many of them facing a funding shortfall.
James Hutton's visit to Siccar Point in the 1780s led to a change in the way the history of the Earth is understood.
Five facilities will continue to operate next year after Scottish Borders Council agreed a new plan.
A Peugeot 5008 and a white Ford Transit van crashed on the A1 between Cockburnspath and Grantshouse.
A special meeting will be asked to keep the under threat sites open for the next school year.
Parents in the Borders say they are "disheartened" that plans to shut six sites were not put on hold.
The local authority in the Scottish Borders says another six sites could close in the summer.
