A poorly attended Kincardine and Mearns community council forum tonight, with Newtonhill, North Kincardine Rural, Portlethen, Stonehaven and Catterline being represented. Four council officers were present along with four Aberdeenshire councillors.
It was a most interesting evening though, talking about primary school class numbers, the impact of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, the Community Empowerment Act, the community councils’ constitution (which sparked a lot of debate), defibrillators, a walks map for this area, Portlethen’s gala, the allotments and Men’s Shed, and other local issues.
I learned tonight that there are six children from Chapelton going to nursery, primary or secondary. Only 489 houses can be built in the new town before the first primary school is provided. It is proposed that the Chapelton schools will be zoned to Mackie Academy until the town is large enough to warrant its own secondary school.