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in 2007 as part of the local authority’s schools’ modernisation programme. Due to economic uncertainty, the abandoned building fell into an advanced state of dereliction and was later demolished in September 2009. The site was later redeveloped by Barratt along with
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from 1963 to 2007. The school started as a four-year Secondary school and was extended in 1966 prior to amalgamation with the old East Kilbride Village school to form a full six-year Comprehensive. In 2008, it merged with
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At the opening ceremony, Provost Gordon praised the architects and builders for the fine job they had done and expressed that in his opinion the new building was already out of date because he felt that
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The building was designed by the Lanarkshire County architect, David Gordon Bannerman (1908-1986), and was officially opened on 16 December 1963 by John Gordon, the first-ever
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showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate
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of East Kilbride. It was the first secondary school in Lanarkshire built with specific provisions for courses leading to the "O" grade certificate.
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The crest of Hunter High School, composed of the tree of knowledge interlaced by the serpent of wisdom, with motto
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By 1968, the school building had been extended to accommodate the improved Higher Learning Certificate syllabus.
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Hunter High was one of four former East Kilbride school sites sold to
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Hunter High School takes its name from the anatomist and physician
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was a non-denominational secondary school which served the
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