Pupils and parents at Tanshall Primary School are at the sharp edge of planned council cuts.
The reality of the £92 million budget black hole facing Fife Council will hit home this week when tough decisions are made that lead to school closures, job losses and reconfigurations of council services.
On Tuesday, campaigners fighting to save Tanshall Primary from closure in one of the most deprived parts of Glenrothes will make one last mighty effort to persuade councillors that the closure proposal is wrong.
With support expected from parents at other closure-threatened schools, they will spearhead a protest outside Fife House before a special meeting of the council’s executive committee finally decides whether to close up to six primary schools across the region.
Then on Thursday a special meeting of the full council will decide the local authority’s £800m budget for 2014-15.
There is an estimated budget gap of £4.9m in 2014-15, rising to £43m in 2015-16 and £92m in 2017-18.
The council’s finance director has warned that the budget will be “extremely challenging”, with a further reduction in the workforce “more than likely”.
For full coverage Monday’s Fife edition of The Courier.
