Decision to reopen rests with schools [IrishTimes]
- Published: 12 January 2010
SCHOOLS: MANY SCHOOLS are expected to reopen today after Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe reversed an earlier decision to keep schools closed for the first three days of the week because of the cold snap.
The Minister’s volte face was welcomed by primary school managers but slated by Fine Gael as a “humiliating climbdown”.
The majority of schools in Dublin are expected to reopen today but many schools in counties affected by snow are leaving it until tomorrow to resume. The overall situation is hard to assess because the decision on whether to open or close now rests again with individual schools.
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