As previously mentioned, on Wednesday 5th February The Moray Council is meeting to discuss a report relating to the new build for Elgin High School.  The key features of the report before the meeting are:

2. RECOMMENDATION

2.1 It is recommended that The Moray Council:-

(a) allocates an additional sum of £0.8M to the project to cover the construction of an adequate school transport access solution, which includes car parking and shared access to Greenwards Primary School from the Edgar Road extension into the school site;

(b) considers the options set out in this report regarding finalising the design brief regarding the size of the school and

(c) to update the capital plan to reflect any decision.

The options being put to the Council are:

3.22 Summary description of options

Option A = Design for 720 pupils with an estimated maximum capacity for 758 pupils, Access from High School Drive only.

Option B = Design for 800 pupils, enhanced core (communal) areas for extra cost with future extension capability, plus access road from Edgar Road extension.

Option C = Design for 1000 pupils from outset for extra cost plus, access road from Edgar Road extension.

Option D = Defer a decision until any impact of decisions by the council, arising from the Sustainable Education Review is known.

Inevitably there are cost implications for Options B, C and D.

The full paper can be accessed through The Moray Council website (www.moray.gov.uk).  We remain confident that work on a new building will be starting sooner rather than later – not least because of the site investigations scheduled for the next few weeks.  Information about the Council’s decision will be added here on Wednesday afternoon.