Aberdeenshire Council’s Education and Children’s Services Committee today agreed to hold two consultation into re-zoning a number of communities and schools around the Stonehaven and Blairs area.
The re-zoning consultation will be targeted at the communities of Arduthie, Dunnottar and Mill O’Forest schools in Stonehaven and the residents at the Blairs housing development.
At present, the majority of new housing being built in Stonehaven is zoned to Dunnottar School, which is over capacity and not suitable for further expansion. A re-zoning of the entire primary estate in Stonehaven will allow future growth to be managed more appropriately.
Meanwhile, communities will also be asked for their views on the zoning of secondary pupils who live in the Blairs development on the South Deeside Road. In June 2015 Aberdeen City Council ruled that pupils would no longer be entitled to attend Cults Academy. This consultation will seek responses on including those pupils in the Stonehaven network, which would result in them attending Mackie Academy.
The full consultation is now set to get underway at the end of June and communities have until the end of September to give their views. During the process there will be a number of meetings with communities, elected members and groups.
A further report will be discussed by the committee once this is complete and before any decision is taken.
The committee was also updated on plans to increase the cost of a school meal to £2.20 from August 2017, from the current £2.15. In academies a percentage equivalent to the 5p increase in primaries will be added across the product range.