iStockCampaigners on Mull say they have been left with “no option” but to pursue a legal challenge over the local council’s chosen location for a new school.
The £43m campus is set to be built near the current high school in Tobermory.
The decision means most children aged 11 and over in the south of the island will have to board in Oban to go to school.
Parents say the proposed four-hour round-trip bus journey makes the high school “inaccessible” to children in the south-west of the island.
Campaigners said they have taken their case to the Court of Session in Edinburgh with a petition for judicial review.
The campaign group say: “The replacement of Tobermory’s high school provides an opportunity to end this enforced separation of children from their families.
“There would be no need for such a divisive and archaic practice if Mull’s high school was centrally located and accessible to all.”
Argyll and Bute council says the campus provides exciting opportunities.
A spokesperson said: “We have been made aware of the lodging in Court of Session this morning and will be reviewing contents of the petition once they have been made available to the Council.
“No further comment can be made at this time.”
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