Objection Form

You can use this form to automatically send your objections or comments to all four Bucksburn Councillors and David Leng(Head of the ACC Department involved in this). We’ve even filled in an example – use this or write your own.
A copy will also be sent to the parent council – we will not use your personal information for any purpose. We are just counting the emails sent.

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Councillor McDonald has responded to the default form above with the following—

Thank you for your email regarding the proposed amalgamation of
Bucksburn & Newhills Schools.

Regarding the options you have outlined.

A refurbishment of the school would, in my opinion, be both extremely
disruptive and extremely expensive.

There would require to be extensive, intrusive construction work, and
given the age of the buildings the likelihood of asbestos being present
is high. This means that works would require children to be relocated
and decanted for a period of time while work was undertaken. This period
of time could be considerable.

The construction of two new schools may also be cost prohibitive.
While, on the face of it, it may seem like dividing £8million by two,
the reality is that the costs would be higher than that of building one
new school. It is unlikely the capital budget could incorporate the
level of expenditure required for two new schools in the Bucksburn
area.

I firmly believe that a new, state of the art facility, would be an
exciting opportunity for Bucksburn as a community, and I would be
looking for any feasibility study which is considered to examine both
sites which are currently occupied by Bucksburn and Newhills
respectively.

I am aware that there are a number of factors surrounding any
amalgamation which would need to be considered, but at present I still
feel it is the best option on the table.

I will await the outcome of the consultation process.

Regards

Mark McDonald