System playing catch-up to families' needs [Independent.ie]
- Published: 26 March 2010
IT is the simplest of sums: a plethora of new housing estates plus more children equals rising demand for school places.
Gorey in Co Wexford has become the latest example of how the education system continues to play catch-up with the needs of young families in rapidly developing areas.
The signs of an explosion in demand for extra classrooms in Gorey, which has only one post-primary school, have been obvious for years. The population of the town has risen by 50pc to about 8,000 in the past decade.
Some of the town's outlying rural areas have seen even bigger percentage rises.
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