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Revealed: Councils spend more than £250,000 on mothballed school sites
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North and north-east councils have spent more than £270,000 on mothballed schools.
Aberdeenshire spent £141,972.63 on two mothballed schools over the past three years with Orkney coming in at £95,466.48 for two vacant buildings.
Shetland’s total was at £35,931 for two schools and Aberdeen City’s total was zero as they have no mothballed schools.
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Aberdeenshire Council has made the decision to permanently close Strachan school near Banchory.
Councillors agreed with the recommendation to close the school and reassign the catchment to create a “dual zone” between Banchory Primary School and Finzean School.
Scottish Ministers must now approve the decision before the council can begin implementing the closure.
This result was proposed following a consultation period which ran from January 7 to February 28 2020. A public meeting to discuss the potential closure was held at Strachan Village Hall on February 6 last year.
A survey completed by consultees showed that more than two thirds of people supported the school closure.
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