No Govt Objection To School Merger

A state of the art High School in Levenmouth will go ahead, after receiving no objection from the Scottish government.

A potential "call in" was the last possible stumbling block to the plans to merge Kirkland and Buckhaven.

The new school is set to open in 2016, and will accommodate roughly 1,800 pupils.

Holyrood is paying two thirds of that, with most of the rest will be funded by selling off the land Kirkland sits on.

Councillor Bryan Poole, Fife Council's education spokesman, says the size shouldn't be an issue:

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