Community councils urged to make their views known on school closure proposals
The importance of input from community councils over proposed secondary school closures was stressed today.
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Deal agreed over new £42m Anderson High
An agreement has been signed between Shetland Islands Council and Hubco – the body responsible for overseeing the construction of new schools in the north
READ FULL STORYReport reveals 111 SIC workers are earning over £50,000, five times the Orkney figure
More than a hundred SIC employees earned salaries of £50,000 or more in the last financial year, almost five times the number of high earners
READ FULL STORYBressay pensioner denies charge which saw him banned from lunch club
An 88-year-old widower has been barred from the pensioners’ lunch club at Islesburgh for allegedly swearing at a teenager, a charge which he strongly denies.
READ FULL STORYSocial care cuts bound to have implications, warns Unison
The number of social care staff employed by the SIC is to fall by around 10 per cent. Letters went out last week to 69
READ FULL STORYTurn-around complete as SIC accounts held up as example of good practice
Shetland Islands Council’s accounts has been awarded a clean bill of health by Audit Scotland for the second consecutive time.
READ FULL STORYCouncillors advised to close Skerries secondary and Olnafirth primary
Hayfield officials are advising councillors that they should vote to shut Skerries’ secondary department and Olnafirth Primary School.
READ FULL STORYPromotion to infrastructure job for Maggie
Shetland Islands Council has appointed Maggie Sandison as its new interim director of infrastructure.
READ FULL STORYRobinson: Islands ready to explore autonomy question
The future of island autonomy will be debated tomorrow and Friday at the Pickaquoy Leisure Centre in Kirkwall.
READ FULL STORYSquabble over “contemptuous” behaviour sees meeting postponed
Key decisions on affordable housing and care for the elderly were postponed as one member of the council’s social services committee protested at being treated
READ FULL STORYWishart: give Bressay residents free ferry travel
The SIC should consider removing ferry fares for Bressay residents travelling to and from Lerwick to help regenerate the island, according to a senior councillor.
READ FULL STORYGibbons hopeful of out-of-court settlement with DITT over Mareel construction
A thaw in relations between Shetland Arts and DITT has prompted pending legal action to be put on hold in the hope that a dispute
READ FULL STORYDecision on bus contracts delayed at least three months
The council has again delayed making a decision on its shake up of school and public bus services. This time for at least three months.
READ FULL STORY‘Sensible pause’ in overhaul of secondary school education
SIC councillors have paused plans to radically overhaul secondary education until November to allow alternatives to shutting schools to be more fully investigated.
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