{"id":274372,"date":"2016-08-25T09:35:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T08:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/?post_type=fp&#038;p=274372"},"modified":"2016-08-24T16:45:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:45:22","slug":"forfars-new-campus-to-shape-50-years-of-town-life","status":"publish","type":"fp","link":"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/news\/angus-mearns\/274372\/forfars-new-campus-to-shape-50-years-of-town-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Forfar&#8217;s new campus to shape 50 years of town life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"before-the-content-hook-1\" class=\"content-hook\"><\/div><p>Forfar\u2019s new \u00a339 million community campus will present a \u201csignificant and positive development\u201d in town life over the next 50 years, according to backers.<\/p>\n<p>Due for completion next year, the replacement Forfar Academy will also provide the town\u2019s leisure centre and swimming pool, and house community facilities such as a performance space and accommodation for adult learning and youth activities.<\/p>\n<p>Some locals have expressed concerns over moving the swimming pool and leisure centre further away from the middle of town.<\/p>\n<p>The academy\u2019s \u201cethos group\u201d and partners in the new school held a public engagement event at the Reid Hall to emphasise how the academy will link the old and new, while additional buses will make sure no one will miss out.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to three sessions met teachers and pupil representatives, who will give tours when the new school opens.<\/p>\n<p>Work is continuing apace at the expansive site adjacent to the current secondary, having got underway in January last year.<\/p>\n<p>Depute head teacher Graeme Wallace said: \u201cThe new community campus is a significant and positive development in Forfar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to change how education is delivered in the town for the next 50 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Work is also under way to install a \u201cmemory lane\u201d 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