Next School Council Meeting

Next School Council meeting; Tuesday 27th March, 7-9pm at the School. All welcome.

School Council Meeting

The next School Council meeting will take place 7:00pm, Wednesday 25th January, at the school.

Update on New Portobello High School Court Case

The court case regarding the new Portobello High School began in the Court of Session on 5 January. Although it had initially been expected to take two days (5 and 6 January), it was agreed by both sides that additional time was required to complete the legal arguments. A third day has now been allocated to the case and it is now anticipated that the case will be completed on this date, Wednesday 1 February 2012.

Extension update

A further update on the extension.

The project team are hoping to go to the Planning Committee within the next few weeks for approval. However the alterations to the design have caused some delay to the project and instead of a completion date in February 2013, the new target is to have the extension ready for the start of term August 2013.

Portobello High School update

The following newsletter on the new High School explains how a legal challenge has been lodged against the building of the school in the park.

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The Council meeting of 22 September agreed to commit £200,000 in preparatory works to minimise delay to the project. They will also be asking to have the court hearing brought forward from 9 December.

Extension update

Revised drawings have gone up on the Planning Portal.

The main changes are to the Nursery, with a larger foyer and an additional entrance from the playground, along with a reversal of the roof pitch in response to residents concerns about the impact on Wilson’s Park. We should hopefully have an update on the programme of works for the AGM/Parent Forum next Wednesday.