Nine pupils turned away from school due to 'lack of teachers' [Independent.ie]
- Published: 02 September 2011
NINE children cannot start school this year after being told a week ago that there were no teachers for them.
Two of them -- TJ Dunne (7) and Lucy Ryan (6) -- were sent home for the second year running after being turned away from St Gabriel's national school in Bishopstown, Cork.
Their parents, who were only told last Friday that there would not be any teachers for the nine special needs students, described the handling of the matter as "a total disgrace".
St Gabriel's caters for children with profound to severe learning disabilities, including autism.
The nine youngsters had been promised classroom places in writing by St Gabriel's in July.
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