Construction of a new secondary school in Anstruther will begin soon if the green light is given this week.
Councillors will be asked on Wednesday to grant planning consent for a £24 million replacement of Waid Academy.
It is intended that building will begin “as soon as possible”, with the new school ready for pupils to move in by March 2017.
Funded by Fife Council and the Scottish Government, the new Waid Academy will also become the home of the town’s library and council local office and provide a base for police officers.
Head of education and children’s services Derek Brown said: “With Waid our hope is to create not just a replacement school but a whole community facility which is both innovative and inspirational in design.
“Waid Academy has a very long history and is very dear to past, present and future pupils in the East Neuk.
“We wanted to create something which would really reflect the importance of the school but take it into a new realm of community partnership.
“This is an exciting time for the school, the community and the wider East Neuk of Fife but it’s also something for the whole of Fife to take pride in.
“Financial support from Scottish Government has enabled us to bring this project forward and if permission is granted we would hope to have a new building to replace Waid by March 2017.”
Planning officials have recommended that members of the council’s north east planning committee give the go-ahead.
The new three-storey school will be built in the north west of the existing school site, currently a grass playing field and all-weather pitch.
At its heart will be a central dining and ‘social learning hub’ atrium, a triple height space with a ‘performance stair’ and ‘enterprise bridge’.
The building’s design, revised since public information events last December, has been influenced by agricultural buildings, featuring dark grey aluminium cladding, with a harbour wall concept at its entrance.
A new all-weather pitch will be created to Scottish Rugby Union standards and a hockey pitch installed.
Grounds will also include a wildflower meadow, ‘nurture courtyard’ garden and a habitat walk.
The original Waid Academy building, which dates to the 1880s and was recently listed by Historic Scotland, will be retained but extensions demolished.
The Royal Burgh of Kilrenny, Anstruther and Cellardyke Community Council has objected to the removal of the council office and library from the town centre and raised concerns about security implications of combining a school entrance with public services.