User:Caldoo/Clydebank High School

= Introduction =

Clydebank high school is a non-denominational high school in West Dunbartonshire. It is one of three non-demoninational in the region.

= History =

Workers at the local clydebank shipyards wanted a proper education for their children, so in 1872, the first Clydebank High School was born, in a house with only one qualified teacher. After the rise of population in the area causing the creation of the town of clydebank, a new school building was needed. And in 1876, the school board opened the first purpose built Clydebank High School. Only after 12 years did the board decide that the school was too small and decided to build another school on the Kilbowie Road site, and in 1888 a new building was opened, this time with room for much more pupils.

By the middle of the 1930's a new school building was being built at Janetta street, in the north of clydebank, during the war the building was hit by a Parachute mine but was still able to operate as a temporary first aid post. The school roll continued to rise in the 1950's and huts had to be assembled in the playgrounds to conpensate. To cope with these rising numbers, an extension of the building was completed in 1977.

= Recent Events =

With the decline in the birth rate in the early 2000's it was decided that the nearby Braidfeild high school should be closed and merged with Clydebank High, and in August 2006 this became a reality. A new school had to be built to cope with the increase and pupils and the damage that the school faced after 70 years of operation in the same building. And in August 2009 a new Clydebank High school was built on the football pitches of the previous school. The new building has a capacity for 1500 pupils, 150 teaching staff and was build by BAM.