JULY 1939

With the threat of war with Germany growing, Stirlingshire Education Committee met in July 1939 to put in place measures required in the event of an emergency.

Teachers were told they would have to show `initiative resource and adaptability’ to cope with an expected influx of children evacuated from the towns and cities likely to be targeted in a war.

Officials said buildings would have to be identified for use as meeting points and billets for evacuees and a `double shift’ system would be used in school to absorb the incoming children. It was hoped the latter set-up would enable both `native and