Councillors agree to permanently close 'much-loved' Gartly School
Councillors have agreed to close Gartly school for good almost four years after it last welcomed pupils through its doors.
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Councillors have agreed to close Gartly school for good almost four years after it last welcomed pupils through its doors.
Aberdeenshire councillors have agreed to press ahead with plans to permanently close the oil-hit Gartly School.
The Aberdeenshire primary school closed in December 2018 amid efforts to deal with contamination.
Aberdeenshire Council is to consult on the closure of two schools that last welcomed pupils through the doors in 2018.
Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Parents have been left blind-sided by the sudden decision to mothball a school which was hit by an oil leak more than two years ago. At a closed-door meeting on Thursday, families were officially informed that Gartly School, near Huntly, will temporarily close in August this year. The announcement also came as a shock to local councillors, who said they had been kept in the dark about how and when the decision was made. The future of the school has been a hot topic since...