There was a media buzz around Kelso High School as it prepared to decide the fate of its "nationhood", declared three weeks ago.
Pupils made impassioned pleas both for and against returning to the United Kingdom.
Voting procedures at the school were monitored by a professor of politics.
The count of more than 500 votes took place under close scrutiny at Kelso High School.
Discussions were held on the surprising results of the referendum at the Borders secondary school.
Rector Charlie Robertson announced the results of the vote at Kelso High at the conclusion of its independence experiment.
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