School split between two sites waiting 11 years for extension [Independent.ie]
- Published: 09 October 2009
WHEN principal John Gunnell wants to get from fifth class to junior infants, he often gets into his car or on his bike.
Alternatively, he walks the one kilometre that separates his divided school. The 220 pupils at Scoil Bhride, Rathdowney, Co Laois, are split between two buildings at either end of the midlands town.
Senior pupils are housed in a century old convent school off the main street, and the junior school is on the town's outskirts. It is 11 years since the two schools amalgamated, with an extended building on the larger site promised to accommodate all pupils in a modern setting.
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