Decision Maker: Education and Children's Services Committee

Outcome: For Determination

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: October 10, 2024

Purpose: This reports sets out the Aberdeenshire guidelines for mothballing a school.

Content: M: Cllr Nicol / Cllr McAllister that the mothballing of a school should be a strategic decision and not an operational one, and that the Committee recommend that the Council amend the Scheme of Governance to remove the operational power and that mothballing decisions should lie with Education and Children’s Services and that the protocol would need to be revised should the decision maker be altered.   A: Cllr Gifford / Cllr Keating to support officers' recommendation 1.2.1   M: 4 A: 9 Abstained from vote: 2