Dumfries and Galloway school week chnages are ‘headache’ – Union

She said they could not simply rearrange things to fit around a different school week.

“We would also like to see evidence of these community facilities that are supposed to be available to schoolchildren on the half day they are not at school,” she said.

“One or two events in Dumfries are of absolutely no use to pupils in Annan, or Newton Stewart or Castle Douglas or Lockerbie or Stranraer.”

“So far as we know, the local police have not been involved in any consultation and there is a real worry that kids with an afternoon off school will create problems and potentially antisocial behaviour.”

She said there were also concerns about the effect on support staff who had more than one job and could see an adverse impact.

“There are far too many concerns about this to press ahead,” she said.