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New schools programme praised - Labour's High School disgrace criticised
October 10, 2007 3:07 PM
A new High School for Dunfermline is long overdue according to the city's two Parliamentarians. MP Willie Rennie and MSP Jim Tolson have praised Fife Council's new administration for their fresh approach and criticised the former Labour administration for allowing the school to deteriorate to such a poor state of repair.
Praising the new administration in Fife, Willie Rennie said:
"Jim and I have been campaigning for a new Dunfermline High School and are pleased that the new administration has immediately seen the need to build a new school. It's vital that the SNP Government in Edinburgh also stump up the necessary financial support to build this school and the others planned elsewhere in Fife.
"I am appalled that the Labour Party allowed Dunfermline High School, a school with a first class heritage, to fall into such a shocking state. Our pupils and teachers deserve so much better and I'm pleased that the new Council has taken immediate steps to rectify the situation. It will take time to recover after years of Labour neglect but this is a big step in the right direction."
Jim Tolson, Liberal Democrat MSP for Dunfermline West also repeated the Lib Dem call for a new High School for the West Fife Villages.
"New schools must be built to maintain the high standards of schooling in Dunfermline and West Fife. It is simply not acceptable that pupils in West Fife villages have to travel miles every day into Dunfermline for their schooling. In addition to the overdue proposals to build a new Dunfermline High, a West Fife Villages school must be the next on the list."
"Fife schools are currently the largest in Scotland, containing between 1700 and 1800 pupils. Clearly, this is not in the best interests of our pupils. For our pupils to receive the best possible education in the best environment, school sizes must be brought down to 1100-1200 pupils as a matter of urgency."
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