Too many schools being built say local principals [communityvoice.ie]
- Published: 15 October 2011
Having been heavily criticised some years ago for failing to meet the demand for primary school places in the Dublin 15 area, the Department of Education is now facing further criticism for building too many new schools when the demand for places is far less than they are suggesting.
Two new schools which opened last month with a capacity for 112 junior infants attracted less than 40 pupils. Scoil Choilm, the community national school on Porterstown Road, was built to cater for an expected 112 pupils each year but this year has only enrolled 70 – leaving 42 places unfilled.
Community Voice understands that there were in excess of 150 unfilled junior infant places at the end of September. Yet despite this the department is currently considering applications for patrons for a further new primary school to be built in Carpenterstown.
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