UHI keen for new space in ‘heart of Lerwick’ as part of single campus vision
Contractor could be lined up by end of this month
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Anderson High School pupil Emily Watt has compiled the following article as part of the school’s news project
S3 pupil Beenie-Ann Wood reflects on a recent trip to Norway that was the culmination of a lockdown project designed to break the isolation created by the Covid-19 pandemic
It comes as Lerwick’s two primary schools are set to fall under the Shetland-wide teacher staffing levels calculation from August next year
It comes as the UHI looks to redevelop the Scalloway campus with Islands Deal funding from government
A decision is expected to be taken on the possible mothballing of Skeld Primary School later this month
Protests on behalf of college lecturers escalate as EIS-FELA announces new strike action dates to take place in Shetland during three days in April
The council said with increasing school roll projections in the coming years, ‘the trigger for consideration of mothballing is no longer met’
An online petition has also been created in a bid to halt the possible mothballing of the school
SIC children’s services director Helen Budge said all information presented by school communities will be taken into account
A public meeting has been organised by westside councillors at the Skeld Hall on Friday
