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Smallest school could be closed Smallest school saved by one vote
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Proposals to close Scotland's smallest secondary school are due to go before councillors in Shetland later. Councillors in Shetland have decided by just one vote to keep Scotland's smallest secondary school open.
The secondary department of the remote school on the island of Skerries, which has a population of about 70, has just one pupil. Officials had argued the single pupil at Skerries secondary would get a better education at a bigger school.
Locals argue that if closure goes ahead it will lead to depopulation, with no new families moving onto the island. However, placard-carrying residents turned out to lobby councillors over fears that closure would see no new families moving to the island.
However education officers believe the single pupil would receive a better education at a bigger school. It is understood shutting the secondary department would have saved the local authority about £70,000.
It is understood closing Skerries secondary would save about £70,000 a year. It was the second time in recent years that the residents had faced the threat of losing the secondary department of their school.
This is the second time in recent years the residents have faced the threat of losing the secondary department of their school.
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