Last week I sought assurances from council officers that the drains at Lairhillock School are not obstructed … the main entrance and the car park were flooded during the heavy rain. I have now received that reassurance.
The education service tells me that the drains at the school are clear and have coped in the past. Officers believe that the exceptional and severe weather conditions and the sheer volume of snowmelt and rain over a prolonged period caused this problem and that under ‘normal’ weather conditions they do not foresee this happening again.
The water approached the main entrance to the school building but did not breach it and no internal damage was done. I am told the janitor did a fantastic job shifting and organising additional sandbags. The school buses had to enter the school playground to collect pupils at the end of the school day but this was managed and controlled safely.
Ian I worked at Lairhillock for several years when it first opened and the same thing happened before I left 5 years ago. We had to bail out the nursery as the water can in through the entrance. Seems lessons were not learnt!
That’s disappointing to hear. Sigh.