Gillian Brydson: Last News

A Wigtownshire-based youth development worker has landed a top award.

Transport is to be provided to allow two pupils to attend Castle Douglas High rather than classes at Dalry School.

Regional education director Gillian Brydson insists Dumfries and Galloway’s schools were “well prepared” for pupils who returned to lessons on Friday.

A headteacher who was supposed to be self-isolating at home was caught by one of her pupils in an airport queue about to head to Turkey on holiday, it’s been claimed.

Education chiefs are trying to thrash out plans for a return to school with pupils facing two day weeks in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.But the proposals could leave parents facing a child care nightmare as they prepare to return to work.Dumfries and Galloway Council heard options from education officials while the country gears up for the planned August back to school move with strict rules imposing self distancing plus intense cleaning regimes.Proposals for the region were discussed at the latest Ad Hoc Covid-19 sub committee meeting on Friday.Education director Gillian Brydson (right) told members: “We take our schools local solutions very seriously and our head teachers are seeking solutions for the initial phase in August.“One model