Issue - meetings

Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Education

The Committee considered a report which advised the Skipness Primary School has been mothballed since October 2016 and since that time has had no pupils enrolled. The Community Services Committee previously agreed to undertake the required preliminary consultation and an Options Appraisal which was carried out in accordance with Section 12A of the Schools Consultation (Scotland) Act 2010 and the Committee agreed to note the outcome of the preliminary requirements and requested that officers formulate a draft proposal.

Decision

The Committee:-

1.     Agreed to the extension of the current consultation period, due to end on 15 May 2020 to 31 August 2020.

2.     Agreed that the public meeting scheduled for 6 May 2020 is cancelled and a new date established once the current UK/Scottish Government restrictions on public assemblies are reduced or lifted.

(Ref: Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Education dated 31 March 2020, submitted)