It’s been four years since Scots College won approval to demolish its library, and build a $29 million new student centre modelled on an extravagant Scottish baronial castle.
Construction began in late 2019, and was initially meant to be completed by 2021. But a briefing on the project produced this year suggested construction would be finished by mid-2023, with an opening by the end of the year. The same document also quoted construction commencing in December 2019 and taking 36 months, so take everything with a grain of salt.
It’s forced the college, which already boasts sporting facilities old enough to make it the laughing stock of Sydney’s elite Greater Public Schools, to keep spending down in other areas.vanity castle” after the school’s principal.So how did things spiral out of control? The official story is blame COVID or bad weather . And apparently they found some sand at the bottom of the construction site.