Wednesday, May 13, 2009

"It's a tight site"

The Director of Education and the new Education Convener have both independently admitted that the Logie site is "a tight site" but maintain that it is big enough to accommodate 450 primary school pupils in two schools, plus up to 110 pupils in the new nursery, as well as the ancillary accommodation and other facilities required by the School Premises (Scotland) Regulations 1967, and as amended.

The council's proposal (report 69-2009) states that they will build:
..."2 x 1 stream primary schools with 6 additional classrooms, a nursery and full ancillary accommodation ... within the overall 4595m2 footprint of the building"
The claimed area of the site is 1.27 hectares (12,700 m2).

How much land does 4595m2 consume? We had a go, using Google Planimeter and got the following for 4597m2:

You'll have to zoom into the Logie site area and find the site: it's bounded by Glenagnes Road to the west, Blackness Road to the south and Rosefield Street to the east.

Try it yourself and see how creative you can be with building shapes that come to the same total.

How much room is left for other facilities?
Posted by Concerned Parents at 12:01 AM
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 13, 2009 at 7:22 AM

    No way am I accepting that for my children. What is the council thinking. This is wrong. There is nowhere for the children to play. This is not progress for my children's education.

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  2. Whishful thinkingMay 13, 2009 at 10:04 AM

    We can only hope that this "footprint" area is just another example of an error in the proposal document and not the actual footprint of the building - but they do expect us to take them at their word.

    After all Liz Fordyce (the convenor for education) did say on STV last night that when they don't have enough space to build on one level they go up to two. On the other hand, the director of education has stated more than once that it will be three stories high.

    So there is hope yet....

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  3. Fair PlayMay 14, 2009 at 10:24 PM

    The regulations are there for a reason, namely if the site is too small to start with, you can't develop it.

    Mrs Fordyce was wrong to say "we don't need to give them playing fields"

    The Regulations state that that you do, and if you are not providing them, you need special ministerial powers to approve this BEFORE work begins. As of last Friday DCC had not requested or been granted this approval.

    It begs the qusetion, why are our kids not getting them? And why would they not Want TO?

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