Special delivery to highlight schools issue
University students from Shetland have travelled to Edinburgh to take their stand against school closures in the isles to the Scottish Parliament.
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Huge and tragic mistake (Vivienne Rendall)
It must be soul-destroying, leading to lack of motivation and indeed, leading to the lack of will to live I should think, teaching in one
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Bressay school closure agreed
A meeting of the SIC’s full council took just five minutes today to decide the fate of the Bressay School.
READ FULL STORYBressay school set to close
Bressay Primary School will close this summer following a sharp drop in pupil numbers, should Wednesday’s full council accept recommendations agreed by today’s education and
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CURE to launch mailboats
A Shetland action group is launching a “distress signal” about junior high schools today through its St Kilda mail boats initiative.
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Skerries closure not called in
The decision by Shetland Islands Council to close the Skerries secondary will not be called in by Scottish ministers.
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Bressay Primary ‘closure report’ published
Council officials have set out recommendations to close Bressay Primary School and bring nursery education in the isle to an end.
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Two-year period of school consultations
Consultation over possible school closures will begin in less than a month’s time.
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Council votes to close Skerries secondary
The council will move to shut Skerries secondary department next year following a casting vote by convener Malcolm Bell in the town hall today. Members…
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Casting vote sees committee back Skerries closure
Members of Shetland Islands Council’s education and families committee have backed recommendations to close the Skerries secondary department on the casting vote of chairwoman Vaila…
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Tearing the fabric of life apart (Olive Walterson)
Every district used to have its primary school and pupils walked there, maybe a mile or two. They were not expected to attend in extreme…
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Olnafirth primary to close in the summer
Scottish Ministers have decided not to “call in” the SIC decision to close Olnafirth Primary, thereby severing any chance of a lifeline for the school…
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School wrangle rumbles on despite council agreement
A fresh row has erupted over Wednesday’s decision on the future of schooling throughout Shetland, with a warning that the failure to follow a consultant’s
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Secondary departments saved from closure
Secondary school departments at Aith and Sandwick have been saved from closure following a massive day of debate at the town hall.
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