Must be an election - schools get funding [theecho.ie]
- Published: 27 January 2011
A NUMBER of schools across County Wexford were told yesterday (Tuesday) that, (by some miracle), they had been allocated funding for major works, but many more were left waiting another year for good news.
The CBS, Thomas Street, Wexford, has been granted funding for an extension and refurbishment and a process of appointing a design team is due to begin shortly.
Scoil Naomh Phadraig, Crossabeg’s extension and refurbishment plan is to go to complete tender. Presently many of the school’s 168 pupils have to be educated in prefabs.
Plans are in place for five new classrooms, a gym, three learning support classrooms, a new principals office, a new administration office, a library and storerooms etc. will be built.
These works will cost an expected €1.8m to complete.
A new on site Vocational College has been announced for Enniscorthy, while St. Aidan’s primary school is to progress to the planning stage with its plans for a €7.5m investment in an extension for the big school, while Coláiste Abbain in Adamstown’s extension and refurbishment works moved a step closer as these are also to go to planning stage.
To date plans for a new extension featuring 18 offices and classrooms for all the practical subjects have been completed Coláiste Abbain was built to accommodate 350 students, but only has 200 on its role today.
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