Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Councillors at loggerheads in naming of new Kintore primary

Artist impressions of the planned new Kintore primary school
Artist impressions of the planned new Kintore primary school

Aberdeenshire councillors were at loggerheads over the naming of a much-needed school yesterday.

The Garioch area committee had been asked to approve the name of the second Kintore primary – scheduled to open in August 2016 – as Midmill School.

However, it emerged that members of the current Kintore Primary School’s parent council had held a meeting last week with East Garioch councillors Martin Ford and Fergus Hood and told them the preferred the name was Tuach Hill School.

The claim went against the findings of an Aberdeenshire Council survey, carried out between December 2013 and February 2014, which made Midmill the most popular name second to Hill of Tuach and Tuach School.

Mr Ford said: “The view of the parent council is that the clear majority of pupils had approved the name Tuach, after the hill which is by far the most prominent feature in the landscape in the vicinity of the school.

“I think there are some difficulties with Midmill, there are Midmills all over the place.

“Children in the primary school want Tuach Hill because that is where they play, that is where they ski in the winter time.”

Despite the last minute plea for a name change, councillors voted seven to three to stick with Midmill.

Westhill councillor Ron McKail said: “I’d be despondent if we made a decision that was contrary to the highest number of votes.”

Parent council member, Claire Till, said pupils would be disappointed by the move.

“We preferred Tuach Hill or Kintore Midmill, we wanted something that referred to the school being part of Kintore,” she said.

“If I am right the council asked the children of the current primary school what they thought it should be and their preference was Tuach Hill. It was the only thing they had been consulted about.”

It is hoped the new 540-pupil school will ease the strain on the 415-pupil Kintore Primary.