At the Council meeting on 28 April 2010, elected members agreed to take up the option from the Scottish Government to borrow £4.413m to help with the costs of Single Status and Equal Pay. The monies were placed in the ‘Modernisation Fund’ and were to be used to for organisational and service delivery challenges facing the [...]

The Corporate Management Team (CMT) had made a number of recommendations totalling £625,000 to cover inadequate budgets such as Winter Maintenance Overtime and Learning Disability Work Connect Staffing. The Labour Group budget took full account of the CMT recommendations and included these in the budget proposals. However, the SNP Administration ignored the CMT recommendations.
 
Labours Budget [...]

The Labour opposition on West Dunbartonshire Council proposed on Thursday an alternative budget based around four key-pledges underpinned with four principles; those being: 
∎ Labour will always get the basics right.  With a £2,000,000 investment into road infrastructure; in contrast to the SNP’s token gesture of £300k;
∎ Labour will always realise that Education is the key [...]

Over recent weeks West Dunbartonshire has suffered from severe storm damage costing hundreds of thousands of pounds and has submitted a claim to the Scottish Government Bellwin scheme to help support the exceptional costs. On 28th November 2011 and 2 January 2012 the area was subjected to severe weather events across Scotland. Both of these [...]

On 26th January West Dunbartonshire Tendering Committee will consider bids from five contractors for a £2.699 million contract for improvement works to 13 flats in Rosshead Estate in Alexandria. The flats included in the project are: 

1 Halkett Crescent, Rosshead (stub block)
2 Halkett Crescent, Rosshead (tenement block)
3 Halkett Crescent, Rosshead (tenement block)
4 Halkett Crescent, Rosshead (tenement [...]

Dumbarton Councillor David McBride has submitted a Motion to West Dunbartonshire Council meeting to be held on 25th January; detailing Labours Employability Programme; and inviting  all elected members to contribute their ideas and suggestions in order to improve on Labours plans. Councillor McBride said: ‘I was really pleased that the SNP Council had finally accepted that [...]

West Dunbartonshire Council will hold a series of public meetings to give members of the public the opportunity to review the Council’s budget proposals and suggest savings options.  The Budget included spending £2.5 million of reserves on a plan for a one year job creation project. The primary focus of the Job Creation project will be [...]

A petition has calling for SNP Councillor Ronnie McColl to resign from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board following his support for the Cabinet Secretary’s decision to permanently close the Christie Ward. The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon, gave approval to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s plan to permanently close the [...]

Teacher numbers in West Dunbartonshire have been cut by almost 140 in the last four years despite the SNP Council’s public commitment to maintaining teacher numbers and reducing class sizes. The main reason for the reductions has been a number of restructures and cuts such as the removal of the Early Intervention and a review [...]

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) levels: 

Level 7 Advanced Higher at grades A-C
Level 6 Higher at grades A-C
Level 5 Intermediate 2 at grades A-C; Standard Grade at 1-2 (Credit)
Level 4 Intermediate 1 at grades A-C; Standard Grade at 3-4 (General)
Level 3 Access 3; Standard Grade at 5-6 (Foundation)

Clydebank High School
4th Year Results: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/4thyear.asp?iSchoolID=8314136
5th Year Results: [...]