Parents give 26pc of school funding [Independent.ie]
- Published: 30 April 2010
A QUARTER of the funding of secondary schools comes from parents and local fund raising, a conference was told yesterday, writes John Walshe.
But a schools' leader issued a strong warning that in current circumstances "that is simply untenable".
"In particular, our smaller schools that are providing a magnificent service to their local communities are facing extinction due to lack of funding," said Noel Merrick in his presidential address to the Catholic school managers' conference in Kilkenny.
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