Councillors are calling for a brand new highschool for Fort Douglas.
Fort Douglas and Crocketford representatives Pauline Drysdale, John Younger and Iain Howie have expressed issues concerning the situation of the present constructing following a latest go to.
And so they imagine one of the best ways ahead is a brand new facility to interchange the prevailing construction, which was in-built 1958.
In a joint assertion, they stated: “Following a latest go to to Fort Douglas Excessive College we, the native councillors, categorical our issues as to how troublesome it will be to additional improve the property as a result of presence of asbestos.
“The shortage of disabled entry additionally stays an on-going drawback, alongside the delays concerning fashionable home windows that require set up in some sections of the constructing.
“The present secondary college property within the Stewartry, excluding Dalbeattie, is proving pricey to take care of, very troublesome to improve and has on-going excessive vitality prices.
“We'd ask the finances setting panel of Dumfries and Galloway Council to hold out a full feasibility examine on the prices and financial savings, advantages and downsides, of a brand new Stewartry studying campus and we strongly agree that the current constructing is just not presently match for goal.
“We imagine our Stewartry college students deserve a contemporary studying surroundings, match for the twenty first century and perceive the council has an obligation of care to ‘Get it Proper for Each Baby’.”
“While some works have been accomplished earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, others are nonetheless deliberate for future years which can concentrate on the communal areas throughout the college. There are not any plans for a brand new construct college throughout the subsequent few years.”