Director of education, culture and sport Bruce Robertson said, 'We will have a 21st century approach with ordinary milk and flavoured milk, stored in refrigerated conditions.' The council is currently seeking sponsors to fund the scheme, which will cost an estimated 500,000 a year, and is also considering using new sources of funding available to the council and the health service. Highland's education department is convinced there is a clear link between free school milk and improved nutrition.
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