Campaigners who battled to save Menzieshill High have said the community will be gripped by “sadness” after Dundee City Council took the first step towards the school’s demolition.
The local authority has begun advertising for companies to tender to knock down the much-loved high school, which will close this summer.
It is the first official confirmation of plans for the site once pupils and staff have vacated it for the last time.
Pupils will move into the new Harris Academy in August the same month the demolition contract is likely to be awarded.
Councillors voted in favour of the school’s closure in June last year, despite significant opposition from the community.
A protest was held in the City Square before the three-hour meeting, but it was not enough to convince decision makers to keep the school open.
The Rev Bob Mallinson, of Menzieshill Parish Church, was a member of the Save Menzieshill campaign and said the building held significant sentimental value to the entire community.
He said: “It was central to the community and was there for a substantial period of time, both as a high school and as a facility.
“While people have been resigned to what is going to happen for a while now, the actual demolition of the building will be quite difficult for the community as a whole.
“There will certainly be a level of sadness for everyone in the area to see it disappear.”
The decision over what to do with the newly-vacant building was passed into the city development department following the closure announcement.
Councillor Will Dawson, city development committee convener, said: “The decision was taken to demolish the building shortly after the closure of the school was announced as the building is not fit for purpose.
“It could not have been put to any other use so this was always going to be the outcome.”
Mr Dawson said the site would be marketed in the coming months.