New Primary Schools for Wick

[Tosh]

Highland council have announced that all the primary schools in Wick are to close, and two brand new schools built, one at North school grounds, the other next to the high school.

[black16i]

is this official ?

[NickInTheNorth]

is this official ?

No it's spurious rubbish - but they are consulting about it see here:
http://www.highland.gov.uk/learninghere/schools/WickConsultations.htm

[brandy]

from what i understood its still a proposal at the moment.. but saying that... you never know

[fender]

This is great news for the town. Now my grand-daughter will be going to a brand new state of the art primary school.

[Neil Howie]

Hi,

the BBC new item is here

link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-14389941)

and the report due on 9 Aug 2011 for Highland Council is here (link copied from same BBC page)

link (http://www.highland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BB135E82-EF6C-4CDD-B27F-DFDC5AF76802/0/Item12ECS3711.pdf)

[celtic lass]

Highland council have announced that all the primary schools in Wick are to close, and two brand new schools built, one at North school grounds, the other next to the high school.
i think it is a good thing , most of the schools are needing replaced and all the schools are not full , it doesnt make sense to leave things the way they are

[DMFB]

Its great news to see such an investment in the children of our town.I am a little worried about the size of the schools.My concern is that it will be a case of putting the children into as big a class as possible and then less teachers will be required.By investing money in two schools they can save money in the long term on maintanance and upkeep of schools as well as on wages by paying off teachers and support staff.I dont mean to be a pessimist but in all my years I have learned one thing you get nothing for nothing.Dont mean to rain on anyones parade it is good news for the town.

[brandy]

also, hope they make allowance for growth, as there may be a boost in numbers over the coming years.. but all in all they have my approval if that counts for anything.. just hope that they can work out the traffic as its very fiddly at academy!

[skytalker]

They should concentrate on getting the High School up and working before looking to anything else. Has a date for starting and completion been agreed yet??

[sids]

Highland council have announced that all the primary schools in Wick are to close, and two brand new schools built, one at North school grounds, the other next to the high school.

They should start building the new ones before they shut the ones we've got now.

[Alice in Blunderland]

They should concentrate on getting the High School up and working before looking to anything else. Has a date for starting and completion been agreed yet??

Yes

http://www.wickhighschool.org/


(http://www.wickhighschool.org/)Construction is due to start July 2012. School opens by August 2014. demolition of the old buildings will be by the end of the same year. You can find all the information on the High Schools website above.

[sids]

They should concentrate on getting the High School up and working before looking to anything else.


Why should they?

[Alice in Blunderland]

They should start building the new ones before they shut the ones we've got now.


The paragraph below was taken from the Pulteneytown/South school proposals

Staff and pupils will remain in the existing school buildings at Pulteneytown Academy and South Primary Schools while the new school is being constructed. They will move to the new school once it has been completed, thereby avoiding temporary decanting arrangements and minimising any disruption to learning and teaching during the construction phase.


The same paragraph can be seen in the North/Hillhead proposals

Staff and pupils will remain in the existing school buildings at Hillhead and North Primary Schools while the new school is being constructed. They will move to the new school once it has been completed, thereby avoiding temporary decanting arrangements and minimising any disruption to learning and teaching during the construction phase.


They are proposing to construct the new schools before moving the children and turning their attention to the old school buildings :D

You can find all the information on the Highland Council website

http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/committees/strategiccommittees/educationcultureandsport/2011-08-09-ecs-ag.htm

I (http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/committees/strategiccommittees/educationcultureandsport/2011-08-09-ecs-ag.htm)tem 12 on the agenda :D