A woman has been killed in a fatal caravan fire which ripped through the unit on Saturday night.
P6 and P7 kids in Falkirk will not get free school meals this year, council confirms
01.02.2022 - 19:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The roll-out of free school meals for every primary school child in Scotland has been delayed, meaning P6 and 7 pupils in Falkirk will have to wait, the council has confirmed.
Previously it had been agreed that older primary school children would not have to pay for their lunch from August this year – but the Scottish Government and the Scottish councils’ umbrella body, COSLA, have agreed this deadline would be impossible.
In Falkirk, the expansion last year – involving 3,500 primary 4 and 5 pupils – revealed the massive infrastructure challenges that were involved in the project, which had a budget of £872,000.
At Falkirk Council’s Children, Young People and Education Executive on Tuesday, members heard that the pandemic has caused procurement related delays across the council – and the supply and installation of new kitchen equipment was affected.
The roll-out so far has also meant recruiting more catering and cleaning staff and the council is keen to understand better what a further increase in the demand for meals will be to know how many more staff will be needed.
They also need to work out if they have enough room in dining rooms and calculate how much capacity they need in the various kitchens.
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Head of planning and resources, Gary Greenhorn, told members of the executive that the success of the roll-out so far was due to the hard work of catering staff and cleaners working closely with teaching staff.
However, the next stage, when all the P6s and 7s come
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